ClearOne to Exhibit at 2009 Consumer Electronics ShowSALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ClearOne (Nasdaq: CLRO), the leading provider of high performance audio conferencing solutions, will be exhibiting at the 2009 International CES show next month. The world's largest consumer electronics show, CES, will be held January 8-11, in Las Vegas, NV.

ClearOne will be demonstrating high-definition audio conferencing products for the large enterprise, small business, teleworker and traveling professional. The newest product to be showcased will be ClearOne's new MAX^™ IP Response Point, the world's first and only conference phone for the Microsoft^® Response Point^™ VoIP phone system. Other MAX products on display will include both wired and wireless versions of the MAX EX family of analog tabletop conference phones, along with MAX IP phones, for organizations using SIP-based VoIP phone systems. Also on display will be the popular CHAT^™ personal conferencing speakerphones.

All of the conferencing products on display contain ClearOne's HDConference^™ technology. HDConference is a suite of high-performance audio technologies and encompasses such things as Full Duplex, Distributed Echo Cancellation^™, Noise Reduction, First Mic Priority, Adaptive Modeling, and ClearEffect^™. Taken separately, each technology is best-in-class and a critical component to a quality conferencing system. In combination, these elements create an effective, natural-sounding conference call, making it possible for organizations to be more productive and save time and money in the process.

"CES continues to be an important marketing venue for ClearOne and our suite of audio conferencing products," said Zee Hakimoglu, CEO at ClearOne. "We are excited about the increased attention our products are receiving, especially today as organizations are looking for ways to increase productivity and reduce expenses. A significant number of decision makers across all industries will attend CES and we want to make sure they have an opportunity to discover the many benefits of ClearOne's products."

The 2009 International CES exhibition runs January 8-11 in Las Vegas, Nevada, and will feature 2,700 exhibitors, including more than 300 companies exhibiting for the first time. These companies will unveil their latest CE products on more than 1.7 million net square feet of exhibit space. CES will host more than 15 market-specific TechZones, some of which will be housed at the Sands Expo and Convention Center/Venetian, where ClearOne will have its booth. The Sands Expo is also home to the award-winning Innovations Showcase. In addition, the lineup of CES conference programs kicks off on Wednesday January 7, 2009, featuring more than 200 conference sessions with 500 speakers across a wide variety of topics, including; digital imaging, emerging technology, home entertainment & lifestyle technologies, in-vehicle, wireless and green technology.

You can see ClearOne's conferencing products at booth number 72927 in the Sands Expo and Convention Center. Visitors to the ClearOne booth can enter daily drawings for the CHAT 50, the award-winning personal speakerphone for teleworkers or traveling professionals.

About ClearOne

ClearOne Communications Inc. is a communications solutions company that develops and sells audio conferencing systems and related products for audio, video and web conferencing applications. The reliability, flexibility and performance of ClearOne's comprehensive solutions create a natural communications environment that saves organizations time and money by enabling more effective and efficient communication. For additional information, access www.clearone.com.

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    mark.child@clearone.com

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