POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Elaine Flud Rodriguez and Kristen N. Cunningham, and each of them
individually as, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned all Forms 3, 4 and 5
(including any amendments thereto) that the undersigned may be required to
file in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder, as a result of or
in connection with the ownership of or transactions in securities of CellStar
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), or the undersigned's
serving as a director and/or officer of the Company;
(2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3,
4 or 5 and file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming,nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holding of and transactions in securities of the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 24th day of February, 2003.
Lawrence King