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Alpharetta cell phone insurer sold

By Arielle Kass
April 5, 2011

Alpharetta cell phone insurer eSecuritel has been sold.

The terms of Brightstar Corp.'s purchase of eSecuritel from Mainsail Partners were not disclosed. The company will remain headquartered in Alpharetta.

The 10-year-old eSecuritel insures new, used, or prepaid wireless devices against failure, malfunction, loss, theft and accidental damage. Brightstar, headquartered in Miami, is a telecommunications solutions company.

About the Author

Arielle Kass covers Gwinnett County for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She started at the paper in 2010, and has covered business and local government beats around metro Atlanta. Arielle is a graduate of Emory University.

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