Brightpoint to buy European phone distributor for $308M
Brightpoint Inc. has agreed to purchase the largest wireless phone distributor in Europe for $308 million in stock—a deal that balloons the Plainfield company’s annual revenue from $2.5 billion to $4.6 billion. "It’s one of those once-in-a-lifetime deals," said Brightpoint CEO Robert Laikin. "It’s not often you get an opportunity like this." Brightpoint, the biggest […]