ClearOne Appoints Satnet as Full-Line Distributor Across Italy

-- Founded in 1998, Satnet Maintains Offices in Turin, Florence, and Rome to Provide Value-Added Technology Services to All Regions of Italy

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- ClearOne (NASDAQ: CLRO) has appointed Turin-based Satnet, one of Italy's leading Pro AV distributors, to sell and support its full line of audio and visual collaboration, conferencing, microphones, network streaming, and digital signage products.

"We are continuously searching for ambitious, visionary sales organizations, who can promote ClearOne's solutions throughout the world, and deliver the exceptional service that our company and partners are known for," said Mario Rimini, Sales Director for Southern Europe and South America. "The experienced consultants at Satnet belong to an elite corps of technology experts that we believe will help maintain ClearOne's reputation for unique, innovative technologies combined with world-class, valued-added business solutions."

In a 2014 worldwide forecast and analysis, the research organization MarketsandMarkets wrote, "Enterprises have witnessed a rising need to collaborate their operational functions. As a result, enterprises are compelled to adopt new and innovative enterprise collaboration solutions to keep up with the agility as demanded by the competitive environment." The firm forecasts a strong worldwide market expansion for enterprise collaboration from 2014 to 2019, the period covered in the report.

"We anticipate high demand over the next few years for conferencing and collaboration solutions within the cities and regions that we serve," said Gualtiero Anselmetti, Chief Marketing Officer for Satnet. "This was one of the key factors driving our decision to enter into this broader full-line distribution agreement with ClearOne. In addition, we have committed ourselves to delivering powerful, value-added services to our resellers and their end user customers, and by partnering with ClearOne, we are solidifying our ability to fulfill that promise."

About Satnet
Established in 1998, Satnet is a value-added AV and video conferencing distributor. The company offers a wide range of professional audio-visual, audio and video conferencing equipment, along with a superior level of professional support. Satnet is committed to delivering pre- and post-sales services as the key value that enables projects to win the market. Every sales professional and engineer at Satnet is an experienced consultant who sincerely cares about the system integrators and resellers they do business with, as well as the ultimate end users who purchase the products that they represent. Satnet maintains its headquarters in Northern Italy, near Turin, a branch office near Florence, a technical unit in Rome, and a specialized sales network serving all of Italy.

About ClearOne
ClearOne is a global company that designs, develops and sells conferencing, collaboration, streaming and digital signage solutions for voice and visual communications. The performance and simplicity of its advanced, comprehensive solutions offer unprecedented levels of functionality, reliability, and scalability. More information about the company can be found at http://www.clearone.com.

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Contact:
Jimmie Owsley
ClearOne Marketing
1-801-975-7200
jimmie.owsley@clearone.com