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Brightpoint enters content space with Nordic deal

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint Inc. entered the mobile content space via an agreement with InProdicon AB, which distributes digital content in the Nordic region.The agreement between Brightpoint Sweden AB and InProdicon calls for the companies to launch a new Web site at www.mediamilkshake.com that will use...

BuyCell Wireless chooses Brightstar for distribution

BELLEVUE, Wash.-BuyCell Wireless Group Inc. said it has chosen logistics and supply chain management company Brightstar Corp. to provide supply and distribution services to members of its buying organization.BuyCell is a group of independent wireless retailers that cooperate on joint purchasing initiatives and other...

Brightpoint to distribute Vonage service

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Fulfillment services provider Brightpoint Inc. reported that its Brightpoint Activation Services L.L.C. subsidiary has been appointed a master agent by Voice over Internet Protocol service provider Vonage Holding Corp.'s Vonage Marketing division.The arrangement calls for Brightpoint to offer its current and future dealers...

Distributors driven beyond handsets

As the mobile-phone market continues to surpass all forecasts, there are multiple ways those phones end up in the hands of consumers. At the beginning of last year, industry observers expected handset makers to sell around 500 million phones worldwide in 2004. Instead the...

SunCom Wireless signs logistics pact with Brightstar

MIAMI-SunCom Wireless Inc., which recently changed its name from Triton PCS Holdings Inc., signed a third-party logistics services agreement with Brightstar Puerto Rico Inc. to support the carrier's wireless business in Puerto Rico. The two-year contract calls for Brightstar to supply SunCom with logistics,...

Brightpoint to distribute Skype products

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint Inc. will act as an authorized distributor of products and services from Skype Technologies S.A., the companies announced Friday.Brightpoint said it will initially focus on promoting offerings from the Voice over Internet Protocol provider to its independent agent/dealer channels, mass and specialty...

SunCom Wireless signs logistics pact with Brightstar

MIAMI-SunCom Wireless Inc., which recently changed its name from Triton PCS Holdings Inc., signed a third-party logistics services agreement with Brightstar Puerto Rico Inc. to support the carrier's wireless business in Puerto Rico. The two-year contract calls for Brightstar to supply SunCom with logistics,...

Brightpoint to distribute LG products

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint, Inc. announced Brightpoint North America L.P. will begin distributing LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A. Inc. wireless devices and accessories in the United States under the terms of a distribution agreement between Brightpoint and LG. Brightpoint will carry a complete range of LG CDMA...

Market for wireless IPOs picks up pace

Clearinghouse vendor NeuStar Inc. filed plans for a $690 million initial public offering last week, a further sign that the financial drought of the past few years is slowly washing away. Indeed, companies across the economic spectrum are seeing the light at the end...

Brightpoint launches wireless data business

NEW ORLEANS-Brightpoint Inc. said it has launched a new line of business called Advanced Wireless Services, which will focus on delivering bundled wireless products to meet customers' wireless data needs.Products the company plans to provide include Windows-based smart phones and Pocket PCs, activation services,...

Not-yet-released handsets fetch pretty penny on Ebay

Unsatisfied with the same old phone selection from your local wireless provider? Shopping for a unique device that will amaze your friends and colleagues? Look no further than the world of online phone auctions. Ebay and other online Internet auctions offer a staggering range...

AIG offers to settle with regulators on Brightpoint loan

NEW YORK-American International Group Inc. has submitted a settlement offer to securities regulators and federal prosecutors relating to their investigations of financial transactions between AIG units and PNC Financial Services Group Inc. and mobile-phone distributor Brightpoint Inc. Details of the settlement were not disclosed.New...

Grand jury probes pact between Brightpoint, AIG

WASHINGTON-A federal grand jury is investigating a contract between major wireless distributor Brightpoint Inc. and American International Group Inc., a probe that comes one year after the two firms reached a $10 million-plus accounting fraud settlement with the SEC. AIG last week said it...

Brightstar withdraws IPO

WASHINGTON-Handset distributor Brightstar Corp. canceled its planned initial public offering last Wednesday, citing "market conditions and certain other factors," according to regulatory filing. In August, Brightstar had filed for a $115 million public stock offering. The Miami-based wholesaler distributes handsets for several manufacturers, most...

Brightstar pulls the plug on IPO

WASHINGTON-Another wireless company has pulled the plug on its initial public offering. Handset distributor Brightstar Corp. canceled its planned IPO Wednesday, citing "market conditions and certain other factors," according to regulatory filing. In August, Brightstar had filed for a $115 million public stock offering.The...

SIM cards get smarter

As North American wireless service providers increasingly tout value-added services in an attempt to differentiate themselves from the competition, widespread 32-kilobit subscriber identity module cards are being replaced with more capable 64k SIM cards, a trend that mimics what occurred in Europe a year...

Brightstar files for $115 million IPO

Distributor Brightstar Corp. is planning an initial public offering of up to $115 million, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The company plans to use any proceeds from the offering for potential acquisitions of and investments in other businesses,...

Brightstar plans $115M IPO

Distributor Brightstar Corp. is planning an initial public offering of up to $115 million, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The company plans to use any proceeds from the offering for potential acquisitions of and investments in other businesses,...

Brightpoint signs agreement with Motorola’s telematics products

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Motorola, Inc. has signed Brightpoint North America L.P. to provide logistics services for Motorola's automotive division, the companies announced Thursday.Under terms of the agreement, Brightpoint's services will include inventory and order management, hosted Web site and customer support, and reporting for Motorola Automotive,...

Hop-on, Brightstar sign Latin American distribution deal

IRVINE, Calif.-Disposable cell-phone and wireless accessory manufacturer Hop-On has signed a distribution agreement with Brightstar Corp., making Brightstar Hop-on's exclusive distributor for select carriers in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador, Colombia and Argentina.Hop-on Chief Executive Officer Dan Gannon said, "We are very enthusiastic about...

CSI announces GSM/GPRS fixed wireless phones

CALGARY-CSI Wireless Inc. announced product details and shipping plans for its new 410 series of GSM/GPRS fixed wireless telephones. CSI said product shipments are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of this year, and the phones will likely be sold under other companies'...

Virgin Mobile extends Brightpoint contract

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. extended its agreement with Brightpoint Inc. to be the exclusive master agent for Virgin Mobile through March 2006. The agreement calls for Brightpoint to provide Virgin Mobile USA's Pay As You Go wireless products and value-added support programs to...

Virgin Mobile extends Brightpoint contract

PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. extended its agreement with Brightpoint Inc. to be the exclusive master agent for Virgin Mobile through March 2006. The agreement calls for Brightpoint to provide Virgin Mobile USA's Pay As You Go wireless products and value-added support programs to...

Brightstar named master distribution partner for Motorola

Motorola Inc. said Brightstar Corp. will serve as its master services distribution partner in the United States for mobile phones. Brightstar, which is Motorola's authorized distributor in Latin America, has been working with the company in the United States for about four years.Under the...