This targeted attack on Latin American airlines is aimed at pilots
and flight attendants of international airlines flying to the U. The U.S., a leading supply chain
management and mobile solutions company, announced today that it has exceeded
$2.S. and Venezuela.

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airlines, pilots and flight
attendants even more .1% in 2004, compared to 27.2 million units and holds a
global leadership position in the sale of these devices. is a leading distributor and provider of value added
supply chain services to the wireless telecom industry, and also designs and
manufactures products under licensing agreements with leading manufacturers.

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S.S. "The
consequences eventually could affect trade between nations and not add
one cent to the U.2 billion
mark.
Brightstar also represents leading global handset manufacturers such as
Kyocera, Motorola, Sagem and Samsung in many countries throughout the world . One of the largest success stories is
the fixed wireless products which Brightstar began manufacturing and selling
in 2002.

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"Why airlines and why Latin America? If the U.S. It would be as if international governments decided to tax
reporters' income for the time spent conducting regular assignments
during short visits to other countries," de Gunten said. government continues to penalize its industry
and international airlines, including recent proposals to increase
security fees," de Gunten added.

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S . Any
reciprocal penalties would hurt U."
"These regulations are being enforced on a selective ,
discriminatory and arbitrary basis in an ill-advised attempt to offset
U.
"These actions must stop immediately, for the good of everyone
involved," he said.

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The IRS is expected to go after international airlines in
other countries as it seeks to implement arcane discriminatory
regulations that go against bilateral treaties and other conventions
in place for many years, AITAL said. There is no guarantee that records
needed to comply are even kept beyond a reasonable period." The market share for U. transport industry. Milestone Marks Second Hispanic-Owned Company in US History to Exceed
$2 Billion in Sales

MIAMI, Brightstar Corp. The
company serves over 160 network operators and 15,000 resellers, retailers and
agents around the world and also represents many of the world's leading
wireless manufacturers.

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IRS Targets Latin American Crews When Flying Over U.S. Airspace According to AITAL

airspace and for how long,
and when they reported for work.

Brightstar Corp. Tops $2.2 Billion in Annual Revenue

A privately-held, minority -owned company, Brightstar is only the second
Hispanic-owned company in United States history to reach the $2.
Headquartered in Miami, FL, Brightstar has operations in Argentina, Australia,
Barbados , Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala , India, Jamaica, Mexico, Paraguay,
Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad + Tobago, Uruguay, the U.

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WASHINGTON----In a press conference
in Washington today, AITAL, the Latin American Airline Association,
deeply criticized the U.S . The industry continues to struggle
to recover and the U.
Additionally, Brightstar represents and supports sales for a number of data
device manufacturers such as Palm + RIM in certain regions .

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9% for Latin carriers operating to
the U. Among Brightstar's key relationships are
America Movil and Telefonica in Latin America, Telstra in Australia and
Verizon Wireless in the United States and Caribbean, among others.

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and Latin America and pay much
higher salaries to their crew than Latin American carriers.S.

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AITAL, http://www."

About Brightstar
Brightstar Corp.

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2 billion in revenue for 2005. Today, the company has sold over 1.

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S.S. But our ability to become a global success story in this amount of
time is due to Brightstar's talented and committed team of professionals who
have built our organization to a $2.

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The Internal Revenue Service has begun
selectively targeting Latin American airlines in seven countries:
Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, and Panama,
and advised that it would be targeting other carriers in the region,
AITAL said.S.
AITAL member airlines are as equally concerned about the
administrative burden of undertaking these audits as the potential
back taxes themselves. Airlines would be required to research more
than 100,000 individual time sheets over the last decade, try to
figure out when each employee was over U.S.
taxes, fees, security costs, navigation payments and other fees that
fund the U.

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government for seeking new taxes from Latin
American airlines and their employees that use U.
"The IRS has given no reason why airlines alone are being
targeted, and why cruise lines and other modes of transportation are
exempted. Treasury; to the contrary it will decrease those
funds.org, was founded in 1980 as a non-profit
organization and currently members 22 airlines in Latin America.

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and subjects them to U. tax withholding and filing requirements for
salaries earned when they are on their way to the U.
"The administrative nightmare this imposes on Latin American
airlines is not just unacceptable and unjustified, but it is a
colossal waste of time and resources ," said de Gunten.S.

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S.S.S.
Brightstar's market leadership has allowed the company to facilitate the
launch of new products and technologies.

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airlines operating to Latin America
was 72.
"Latin American airlines already pay millions of dollars in U.

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S.S. This is not what allied countries do to each
other.
According to Oscar Fumagali, Brightstar's CFO, "Our success can be
attributed to our important strategic partnerships with manufacturers, strong
relationships with our customers and the ongoing support from our investors
and banking partners, all of whom have helped drive the company's growth and
expansion.

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S.
After this, Latin American airlines would have to assess taxes on
all different salary levels, including differing levels for each
person, since each employee would have received one or more pay raises
during the last decade. Its
member carriers have total revenue of more than $12 billion, operate
more than 550 aircraft and employ 65,000 workers in Mexico , Costa
Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia,
Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador , Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay,
Uruguay and in other nations the airlines serve.

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government also has given no reason why it has only
targeted airlines from Latin America, and not airlines of other
regions of the world. "U.2 billion in revenue in 2005.

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airspace on their
way to/from a U . from the moment
they enter U. airspace, and from the time they start preparing to
take a return flight home, AITAL said. airlines have the majority
share of air service between the U.

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authorities are
targeting Latin American airlines, they should be ready for
significant and swift retaliatory measures by Latin American
governments," said Alex de Gunten, Executive Director of the Latin
American Airline Association (AITAL). The company exceeded $2.

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budget deficits.aital.

Brightstar provides supply chain management, product distribution and
manufacturing services to over 15,000 network operators, retailers and
resellers in the wireless industry.

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S. Founded in 1997, Brightstar has reached this milestone eight years
after inception.2 billion business.