Taking The SMS Gamble
News As chief marketing officer of UK mobile phone giant O2, Kent Thexton was in charge of convincing subscribers to gobble up wireless data. The company gets 23 percent of its revenue from wireless data, including SMS, every year.
[September 23, 2004, 13:50]
Cellnet Launches Net Access On A Prepay Mobile Phone
News In the next quarter we have cornered the market in WAP handsets and over half of handsets we ship will be WAP," says Kent Thexton, managing director BT mobile Internet worldwide. Internet access on a prepay mobile phone will be available starting...
[March 9, 2000, 13:12]
Dial IM From Your Mobile
News The Genie service, currently in testing, will be launched in January, according to Genie President Kent Thexton. Microsoft has struck a deal with a British wireless carrier to allow European cell phone customers to interact with MSN Messenger from...
[November 14, 2001, 16:15]
BT Claims WAP First, Argues With Orange
News If you go into an Orange shop today you won't be able to get hold of a WAP phone," said Kent Thexton, BT Cellnet marketing manager. A row has broken out between BT Cellnet, which claimed last week to offer the first fully operational WAP service...
[January 24, 2000, 8:31]
MmO2 To Push Corporate Services Over GPRS
News Our mutual goals are to meet the needs of those who have to communicate on the move, allowing them to be reachable and remain connected to vital information at all times," said Kent Thexton, chief marketing and data officer mmO2, in a statement.
[February 19, 2002, 15:05]
