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Sir Gerald Arthur "Gerry" Whent CBE (1 March 1927 in Ferozepore, India – 16 May 2002 in Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire) was the founder and first chief executive of Vodafone.
May 29, 2002 · Sir Gerald Whent, who has died at the age of 75, was one of the handful of people responsible for the mobile phone revolution in Britain.
Dec 9, 2021 · Learn about Vodafone, a global telecommunications company founded by Ernest Harrison and Gerry Whent in 1985. Discover its products, services, growth, challenges, and future plans.
- Ernest Harrison, and Gerry Whent
- Telecommunications
- Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK
- Vodafone (based in Newbury, the United Kingdom) is a telecommunication services firm that provides phone, text, and data services via mobile and fi...
- Vodafone's mobile networks, which allow consumers to call, text, and download files, account for about 70% of its revenues and even more of its ear...
- Vodafone's top global competitors are : AT&T, BT, Orange, Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom, Telstra, Tata Communications, Nippon Telegraph and Telephon...
May 22, 2002 · THE man who launched the worldwide Vodafone empire, Sir Gerald Whent, has died at the age of 75 after a fall at his Wiltshire home. His successor, Sir Christopher Gent, said: 'Gerry was full of...
May 24, 2002 · Sir Gerald Whent, who has died aged 75, was the founder of Vodafone and one of the fathers of the British mobile phone industry.
May 15, 2018 · Learn how Vodafone was shaped into a global mobile giant by four different chief executives, from Sir Gerry Whent who launched the UK's first mobile service in 1985 to Nick Read who will take over in 2018. Sir Gerry oversaw the birth of Vodafone, its flotation, its expansion overseas and its acquisition of Mannesmann.
Jan 2, 1995 · Gerry Whent, chief executive of the Vodafone Group Plc and already holder of a CBE, scored the most prestigeous title for the British information technology industry in the New Year’s Honours List, being appointed a knighthood for his services to mobile telecommunications.
