Clear-Com^® Receives STAR Award at NAB 2005

News Release: April 20, 2005

Clear-Com, a worldwide leader in matrix, wireless, and party-line intercom systems, today announced that its revolutionary digital wireless intercom, CellCom/FreeSpeak, has received the STAR Award at NAB 2005.

The NAB STAR Awards (for Superior Technology Award Recipient) are designed to celebrate and showcase the preeminent technological innovations available to the broadcast industry. A panel of judges consisting of TV Technology editors and columnists reviewed a variety of products, examined the technical applications and their overall contribution to the industry, and then submitted their award nominees.

"Our panel of editors walked the show floor in search of innovative and ground-breaking new products," said Tom Butts, TV Technology Editor. "The products and technology we selected made the cut - they demonstrated their ability to help advance the acquisition and dissemination of audio and video in the professional video marketplace."

Based on the intercom specialist's award-winning FreeSpeak™ technology, the CellCom/FreeSpeak™ beltpack delivers a wireless version of a traditional wired intercom control panel for communications including point-to-point and party line (conference) without multiple frequencies or manual selection.

CellCom/FreeSpeak™ is the world's first wireless system to include local route programming, crosspoint level control, assignment of IFBs, groups and full non-blocking mixing facilities. It delivers superior audio quality, performance, functionality, scalability, operating costs and flexibility compared to traditional analogue wireless.

With UK customers including the Royal National Theatre already using CellCom/FreeSpeak™, Clear-Com is to begin shipping CellCom/FreeSpeak™
in the USA by early summer following the FCC rules update in the unlicensed
1920MHz to 1930MHz band.