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VSNI News Viseon Appoints Mark Mercer as Vice President, Marketing and Business Development
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2006--Viseon, Inc. (OTCBB:VSNI), creator of the VisiFone(TM), the world's first voice, video and interactive content IP telephone, announced today that Mark Mercer has joined as its new Vice President, Marketing and Business Development effective immediately. Mr. Mercer will report to Sean Belanger, President and CEO in this newly created position. Mr. Mercer brings over 18 years of technology and business development experience, including positions as Vice President/General Manager of Time Warner Cable's Road Runner Business Class service and as a partner with Ernst & Young, LLP. At Time Warner, Mr. Mercer founded the business services group and successfully rolled out multiple products to over 40 markets. Additionally, Mr. Mercer has consulted with various high tech startups assisting with product positioning, strategy, M&A, and business development. Mr. Mercer is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.
"Two-way video, interactive video and on-demand content delivery are exciting features that will enhance the experience of users everywhere. Recent market announcements concerning BT, Telecom Italia and Telefonica confirm the growing interest in the video phone market. Viseon will enhance their video phone offer to attract teenagers who are creatively adding video to their digital world as part of their everyday entertainment. Viseon provides a unique opportunity to offer a platform that will enable the next generation of enhanced IM, videomail, VoIP, media and content delivery. I'm excited to be a part of Viseon so that I can contribute to and participate in that creativity" said Mr. Mercer.
"Mark adds immediate value to Viseon. His background, experience and passion makes Mark a perfect complement to our management team as he will provide market insight and creativity as we continue to position Viseon as the leading provider of interactive video broadband communications," said Mr. Belanger, Viseon's President and CEO.
About the VisiFone
The VisiFone is the first Digital Home Telephone for VoIP. It has been designed with input from numerous VoIP carriers to deliver consumers all of the benefits of broadband digital telephony on a single device. Features include digital WideBand audio, TV-quality videophone capabilities, interactive content and on-screen management of VoIP features and preferences.
About Viseon, Inc.
Founded in 1993 with headquarters in Dallas, Viseon, Inc. (OTCBB:VSNI) is a leading developer and manufacturer of patented personal broadband communications solutions. Viseon products have been sold under various brand names around the world including Philips, VTEL, and Gentner. Viseon's mission is to work with carriers to enhance the consumer telephone experience by positioning VoIP as a premium service versus Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS), and ultimately replacing the analog telephone by bringing digital telephony quality to the broader public. The target markets for Viseon's VisiFone are the 150 million global consumers which are projected to switch to VoIP in the next five years. Other markets for the VisiFone include corporations, universities, and government agencies. Viseon holds broadband communication related patents in the U.S. and 18 European and Asian countries and has additional patents pending. For more information on the company, please visit the company's website, http://www.viseon.com.
"Safe Harbor" Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:
Statements in this news release regarding Viseon's business that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including, adverse business or market conditions, the ability to secure and satisfy customers, the availability and cost of materials from suppliers, adverse competitive developments, change in or cancellation of customer requirements, and other risks described in Viseon's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the most recently ended fiscal year.
VisiFone(TM) is a trademark of Viseon Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.
