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Telecommunications Brightstar launches global cellphone accessories business
Telecommunications Brightstar launches global cellphone accessories business | Brightstar launches global cellphone accessories business |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Friday, 13 June 2008 | |
  
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The company will operate in Latin America, North America, Asia Pacific and Australia initially and will later expand into Europe. It has not indicated whose products it wil represent. Brightstar chairman, CEO & president, R Marcelo Claure, said: "Worldwide, accessories continue to be a growing part of the wireless marketplace. As devices become more sophisticated and data-centric, the need for high level accessory solutions becomes increasingly critical.” According to a report from ABI Research in February 2008, mobile phone accessory worldwide sales in 2008 will exceed $US40 billion and sales are expected to double by 2012. Steen-Jorgensen said: “we will lead the charge in providing the highest quality and largest product portfolio in the industry, serving both our supplier partners and over 160,000 points of sale around the world." Telstra named Brightstar as its exclusive cellphone supplier in October 2005, shortly after Sol Trujillo became CEO. The move sparked considerable adverse publicity because Trujillo and Brightstar head, Claure, had a pre-existing business relationship, forcing Telstra to refute allegations of impropriety. |
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