Remember Fran Flood?  Well, earlier this month, the former ClearOne CEO was sentenced to four years in prison by U.S. District Judge Dee Benson of Salt Lake City after being convicted of nine felonies, including making false statements and securities fraud.  Flood will start serving her four-year term on August 2nd. You may remember that […]

ClearOne, last week, reported financial results for the first quarter that ended March 31, 2010. Revenue for the 2010 first quarter increased to $8.4 million from $7.6 million in the same quarter of last year and gross profit grew to $5.2 million, or 62 percent of revenue, from $4.1 million, or 53 percent of revenue, […]

At InfoComm, ClearOne will launch the VIEW platform, what they say is a new line of IP-based HD audio/video distribution and control network products based on its patented StreamNet technology. The VIEW solution claims to offer functionality beyond just AV distribution- it also provides source control, a GUI – graphical user interface-, sensor and relay […]

NetStreams, recently acquired by ClearOne, last week announced a FREE NetSteams application is available to download on the URC Toolbox at http://www.urccontrolroom.com/ With the release of the DigiLinX control app for the URC MX-6000, dealers can simply log onto the Universal Remote Control ToolBox site and download the DigiLinX app for the URC MX-6000 controller […]

Da-Lite Screen Company has promoted Matt Tevan to the position of Vice President of European Corporate Operations. Teevan was previously Managing Director of Procolor and Vice President of International Sales… Waveguide Consulting is opening a Los Angeles office and appointing David Gales as director of California operations. Gales was previously a founder and principal at Vantage Technology Consulting Group… Pacific Media Associates has released […]

A federal court issued a Memorandum Decision and Order on April 21 in favor of ClearOne Communications, Inc., awarding it approximately $9.7 million in joint-and-several and individual judgments against Biamp Systems Corporation and a group called WideBand Solutions, Inc. – three of WideBand’s principals – Dr. Jun Yang (a former ClearOne employee), Andrew Chiang (previously […]

In the midst of a lawsuit that rAVe thinks may be distracting them, ClearOne reported a drop in both revenue and profit for their Q3 2009.  For the fiscal 2009 third quarter, revenue decreased to $7.6 million from $9.2 million in the same quarter of last year. Gross profit was $4.0 million, or 53 percent […]

ClearOne last week announced the launch of ClearOneXpress, its new Web-based customer service portal. It is designed to provide distributor, dealer and end customer partners with the ability to conduct ClearOne business at their convenience – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.  It’s one of the best we’ve seen […]

ClearOne has finally shipped the CHAT 170 – the company’s first speakerphone optimized for Microsoft Office Communicator 2007. The CHAT 170 is an USB-based speakerphone that brings high performance audio capabilities to users of Microsoft unified communications platform. The CHAT 170 was specifically developed by ClearOne to fill the need for a hands-free speakerphone that […]

ClearOne Communications, Inc. last week reported financial results for the second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2009 ended December 31, 2008. For the fiscal Q2 2009, revenue decreased to $10 million from $10.8 million in the same quarter of last year. Gross profit was $5.8 million, or 58% of revenue, compared with $6.4 […]

It’s not something we usually cover, but big congratulations to ClearOne. The company just announced that NASDAQ approved their application for listing, and trading has begun under the symbol CLRO. The company stayed very strong during some rocky times, not missing a beat with product introductions over the last few years while they sorted out […]

ClearOne has a new way for you to add high-quality full-duplex speaker phones to Cisco handsets. The new Chat 150 for Cisco lets users continue to use the functionality built into the handsets, including access to company directory, voicemail, audio bridge functions, call transfer, etc., but adds conferencing quality and features. Users initiate these functions […]

In order to stay focused on its core competencies in audio conferencing, ClearOne sold the company’s document and educational camera product line to Ken-A-Vision Manufacturing of Kansas City, Missouri. Under the terms of the transaction, Ken-A-Vision received the intellectual property rights to ClearOne’s camera technologies, as well as ownership of current inventory. The sale price […]

ClearOne introduced the Chat 150 and the Converge Pro. The Chat 150 is a speaker phone designed for individual or small group use that connects to enterprise phones, PCs, and video conferencing systems. The Converge Pro series includes professional-grade conferencing systems and it is expected to eventually replace the current XAP series. Upgrades include better […]