Brightpoint to Develop and Manage VAR and Retail Channels for Motient.

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INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2001

Brightpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ:CELL) announced that its subsidiary, Brightpoint North America L.P., has entered into an agreement with Motient Corporation (NASDAQ:MTNT) to provide channel development and management services for value-added reseller ("VAR") and retail channels of Motient. Brightpoint will provide a variety of services for Motient including the development and establishment of new Authorized Motient VARs and Independent Retailers, the distribution of Motient products, ongoing marketing support, technical support and training services to these new independent retailers.

Motient provides state-of-the-art services on America's largest wireless data network. Using the network's more than 2,100 base stations, two-way wireless communication is extended from conference rooms to locations nationwide, including the top 500 largest cities in the United States. Its layered architecture delivers among the fastest transmissions speeds and highest capacity in the industry, providing superior in-building and on-the-street coverage to more than 220 million people.

Motient (http://www.motient.com) owns and operates an integrated terrestrial/satellite network and provides a wide range of two-way mobile and Internet communications services principally to business-to-business customers and enterprises. The company provides eLink(SM) and BlackBerry(TM) by Motient two-way wireless email service to customers accessing email through corporate servers, Internet Service Provider (ISP) and Mail Service Provider (MSP) accounts, and paging network suppliers. Motient serves a variety of markets including mobile professionals, telemetry, transportation, field service, and nationwide voice dispatch offering coverage to all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and hundreds of miles of U.S. coastal waters.

eLink is a service mark and Motient is a trademark of Motient Corporation. The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties of, and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited and are used by permission. "BlackBerry by Motient" -- used by permission.

Brightpoint, Inc. is a leading provider of outsourced services in the global wireless telecommunications and data industry. Brightpoint's innovative services include customized packaging, prepaid and e-commerce solutions, inventory management, distribution and other outsourced services. Brightpoint's customers include leading network operators, retailers and wireless equipment manufacturers. Additional information about Brightpoint can be found on its website at www.brightpoint.com or by calling its toll-free Investor Relations Information line at 877-IIR-CELL (877-447-2355).

Certain information in this press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future performance of Brightpoint. These statements are only predictions and actual events or results may differ materially. Please refer to the documents the Company files, from time to time, with the Securities and Exchange Commission; specifically, Brightpoint's most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Exhibits 99, thereto. These documents contain and identify important risk factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risk factors include, without limitation, the ability of both parties to perform under the contract and the uncertain supply and demand characteristics of this new and emerging industry. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date these statements were made. Brightpoint undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release.