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MOTOROLA SIGNS MULTI-YEAR DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH BRIGHTSTAR CORPORATION

MIAMI – November 4, 2003 – Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Latin America Personal Communications Sector (PCS) today announced that they have renewed the distribution agreement in Latin America with Brightstar Corporation, a distributor and provider of value-added services for the wireless telecommunications industry.

This agreement extends the successful relationship between the two companies which began in 2000. As a Master Services Distributor, Brightstar is responsible for the procurement and fulfillment of Motorola handsets to network operators, agents and dealers, distributors, retail stores and consumers in Latin America.

Fernando Gomez, Senior Vice President, Motorola Personal Communications Sector Latin America, “This agreement marks our renewed commitment to partnering with Brightstar so as to be able to offer the best and most complete range of value-added solutions to our customers in the region”

R. Marcelo Claure, Brightstar Chairman & CEO, said, “We are very pleased with what we have accomplished with Motorola in Latin America. Today, Motorola has a very strong position in the Latin American market. The agreement which has been executed will provide the platform for continued mutual success in the region with Motorola”.

Brightstar Corp. is a privately-held, minority-owned company that has achieved extraordinary organic growth; almost doubling its revenues each year since its founding in October 1997-$14 million in 1997, $73 million in 1998, $140 million in 1999, $355 million in 2000, $631 million in 2001 and $849 million in revenues in 2002. The company expects to exceed $1.1billion in fiscal 2003.


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