Fri

13th Nov

2009

ROK Recruit Mobile Industry Veteran Bob Johnson

Johnson tasked with driving new business and revenues for ROK Entertainment Group.

London, Friday 13th November 2009: ROK Entertainment Group, the mobile technologies, services and applications developer, has today announced that mobile industry veteran, Bob Johnson, has joined the company.

Johnson began his mobile career with Motorola in 1992 where he conceived and developed a radical new distribution strategy, bringing Hugh Symons into the mobile retail arena, which resulted in Motorola becoming the premier handset vendor in the UK within 18 months. 
 
Subsequently, Johnson joined Orange where he lead their retail distribution program. In 1996 he was tasked to deliver Orange Retail, which he grew from scratch to a £211 million annual turn-over in 5 years.
 
Thereafter responsible for all of Orange’s ‘Channels to Market’ operations, Johnson successfully delivered Orange Retail into 17 countries. 
 
“Bob is a fantastic addition to the team at ROK” said Jonathan Kendrick, Chairman and CEO of the company “as he brings not only his vast experience but his proven abilities in the mobile industry.”
 
ROK, best known for its Mobile TV service which streams video, live and on-demand, to mobile phones over mass-market 2.5G as well as 3G and Wi-Fi, has amassed a portfolio of revenue-generating mobile services which it licenses to Mobile Operators and handset manufacturers around the world.
 
“I am delighted to be joining the highly entrepreneurial, engaged, focused and dynamic team at ROK” said Johnson “and I’m looking forward to contributing all I can to help drive the business forward across new product development, acquisitions and deployments around the world”.

 

About ROK:
Founded in 2004, ROK Entertainment Group is a mobile technologies, applications and services development company with a suite of revenue-generating mobile services which it licenses to Mobile Operators and Handset Manufacturers worldwide. Headquartered in the UK, ROK is best known for its award-winning mobile TV services which streams video – live and on demand – over 2.5G, 3G and Wi-Fi®. In addition, ROK has 5 patent awards and many more patent applications in place. For more information, please visit: www.rokent.com

Forward-Looking Statement
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