ClearOne Expands Distribution Agreement with Starin Marketing

ClearOne (NASDAQ: CLRO), a global provider of audio-visual communication solutions, announced the expansion of its distribution agreement with Starin Marketing, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Starin will distribute the full line of ClearOne's COLLABORATE software-based video conferencing solutions to authorized U.S. professional audio-visual (AV) resellers and integrators.

"Starin is a leading distributor of AV products in the U.S. and has been a key distributor of ClearOne products for more than two decades," said Zee Hakimoglu, Chairman and CEO of ClearOne. "With its extensive customer base and excellent technical and sales support, Starin will be instrumental in bringing our COLLABORATE suite to a broad base of top resellers and integrators throughout North America."

ClearOne's new COLLABORATE soft-codec-based video conferencing products bring together its industry-leading audio with its new cutting-edge video technology for complete, audio-visual collaboration solutions, spanning desktop applications, room systems, infrastructure and management.

"The entire history of our company has been devoted to the development of ClearOne as a vital audio solution in corporate and educational markets as primary verticals for Starin. With the addition of COLLABORATE, we have a complete offering, representing every level of video conferencing and collaboration. We will now work with our integrators to deliver a powerful package from installed rooms to desktops," stated Jim Starin, president of Starin Marketing.