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CellStar Announces Fulfillment and Distribution Agreement With equitel
CARROLLTON, Texas, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ --
CellStar Corporation (Nasdaq: CLST), a global wireless logistics services
leader, today announced it has signed an agreement to provide fulfillment anddistribution services in the United States for equitel, inc., a nationalreseller of prepaid cellular services.
CellStar will provide equitel's customers with complete end-user
fulfillment services through tools such as AOS ON-LINE(SM) and netXtreme(SM),CellStar's proprietary Internet-based systems for order entry, order tracking, product shipment and information exchange.
"Flexibility, convenience, and speed are the criteria for success in the fast-moving wireless industry. CellStar's competitive advantage and its expertise in delivering wireless logistics, fulfillment and value-added services to its partners is well-recognized within the wireless industry.
CellStar continues to enhance its distribution capabilities and value-added services to further meet our customers' needs in this dynamic wireless market," said Richard A. Marriott, vice president and general manager for CellStar US.
"Our alliance with CellStar will greatly enhance our fulfillment
capabilities and further equip us for rapid expansion," said Rod Santomassimo, equitel's chief operating officer. "In addition, our arrangement with CellStar will help enhance product availability and inventory management."
equitel recently unveiled www.wearecellular.com, one of the first online sites to offer customers the freedom of buying phones, accessories and airtime
online as well as activating phones 24 hours a day without operator
assistance. ePRIME(SM), equitel's proprietary Internet-based management
information system, will now interface with CellStar's technology platforms to enable equitel to provide automated fulfillment of its online orders. equitel has teamed up with CellStar to position itself for rapid growth and take advantage of CellStar's wireless product inventory, distribution capabilities,
fulfillment services and advanced Internet-based information systems.
Centrally located in Carrollton, a Dallas suburb, CellStar is capable of
shipping 10,000 individual handset orders per day.
Based in Research Triangle, North Carolina, equitel has assembled a
cellular footprint that covers approximately 97 percent of the U.S.
population. equitel's multi-featured management system, ePRIME(SM), enables it to conduct automated business to business transactions with partners and vendors and solve the operational challenges of prepaid cellular. equitel recently unveiled www.wearecellular.com, one of the first online sites that offers customers the freedom of buying phones, accessories and airtime online as well as activating phones 24 hours a day without operator assistance. For information about equitel, visit them online at www.equitel.com.
CellStar Corporation is a leading global provider of distribution and
value-added logistics services to the wireless communications industry, with operations in Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Europe and North America. CellStar facilitates the effective and efficient distribution of handsets, related accessories and other wireless products from leading manufacturers to network operators, agents, resellers, dealers and retailers. In many of its markets,
CellStar provides activation services that generate new subscribers for its
wireless carrier customers. For the year ended November 30, 1999, the Company generated revenues of $2.3 billion. Additional information about CellStar may be found on its web site at www.cellstar.com. |
