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              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


We have issued our report dated March 27, 2001, accompanying the consolidated
financial statements of rStar Corporation included in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-k for the year ended December 31, 2000, which are incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement.  We consent to the incorporation
by reference in this Registration Statement on Form F-4 of the aforementioned
report and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption "Experts"

/s/Grant Thornton, LLP

San Francisco, California
October 10, 2001