Brightstar Europe Invests in Business Operations in France and the Benelux

BARCELONA, Spain, February 17, 2010 - Brightstar Europe, a joint venture between Tech Data Corporation
(Nasdaq: TECD) and Brightstar Corp., today announced they are further
investing in their business operations by expanding into France and the
Benelux, in line with their pan-European growth strategy. Brightstar Europe's
mission is to become the leading distributor for mobile data solutions and
services in Europe. The organisation benefits from a proven centralized
back-office IT infrastructure, and tremendous logistics resources, and also
from the strong capital structure of both companies.

By offering mobile phones and mobility solutions and services, Brightstar
Europe intends to target mobile operators, retailers and ICT resellers in
France and the Benelux. In parallel, the company's product and service
portfolio will continue to expand over the next few months.

Rod Millar, president of Brightstar Europe, said, "We already have
established and successful operations in the UK, Germany and Spain. This is
the next phase of Brightstar Europe's expansion into other European
territories where we have a Tech Data presence, and it represents a great
opportunity to further grow our mobility business in both the telco and IT
sectors."

Both operations in France and the Benelux have built teams with strong
telco industry experience and will be located within Tech Data's existing
facilities in Bussy Saint Georges near Paris, Utrecht and Brussels.
Initially, France will be focusing on RIM, HTC and Samsung while the Benelux
will continue with their activation program for leading mobile operators and
focus on growing their RIM and HTC relationships.

"We have already demonstrated in other territories that by drawing on the
significant experience of our two organizations in the mobile markets and IT
channels that we have a compelling proposition for our customers. Telcos and
MNOs represent an increasingly important route to market for IT products
while mobile dealers and IT resellers continue to focus on the commercial
enterprise and SMB markets where we are traditionally strong," added Millar.

About Brightstar Europe

Brightstar Europe is a joint venture between Tech Data Corporation and
Brightstar Corp. The company is headquartered in the United Kingdom and has
access to sales offices in 16 countries and nine logistics centres throughout
the continent. It distributes mobile phones and other wireless devices to a
variety of customers including mobile operators, dealers, agents, retailers
and e-tailers throughout Europe.

About Brightstar

Brightstar Corp. is a multi-billion dollar innovator in demand generation
distribution and integrated supply chain solutions in the converging wireless
and IT industries. With sales and distribution facilities on six continents,
Brightstar offers leading wireless and IT manufacturers the largest global
reach, enabling the right product to be in the right place, at the right
time. Brightstar's supply chain solutions are used by the world's top network
operators and retailers to improve financial results and turn their supply
chains into a competitive advantage. For more information on Brightstar,
please visit www.brightstarcorp.com.

About Tech Data

Tech Data Corporation (Nasdaq: TECD) is one of the world's largest
distributors of technology products from leading IT hardware and software
producers. Tech Data serves more than 125,000 IT solution providers in over
100 countries. Every day, these value-added resellers depend on Tech Data to
cost-effectively support the technology needs of end users, including small
and medium businesses (SMB), large enterprises and government agencies.
Ranked 102nd on the FORTUNE 500(R), Tech Data generated $24.1 billion in net
sales for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2009. To learn more, visit
www.techdata.com.

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Nigel Judd, Marketing Services Director of Tech Data Europe, +351-917-2044-92, or Simon Meredith of Meredith Media Services, Office: +44-(0)-1743-248482, or Mobile: +44-(0)-7850-144189, simon at meredithmedia.co.uk; or Michele M. Merrell, Senior Director of Global Marketing and Communications of Brightstar Corp., +1-305-921-1484, michele.merrell at brightstarcorp.com