SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Somera Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMRA) , announced today that C. Stephen Cordial will depart from his position as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective December 31, 2004. Somera expects that Mr. Cordial will also remain with Somera during the first quarter of 2005 in a consulting capacity. In addition, Somera announced the appointment of David J. Peters as its Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller.

"Since joining the company in August 2002, Steve has helped guide Somera through some extremely challenging times in the telecommunications industry," said David W. Heard, President and Chief Executive Officer of Somera. "Steve's contributions have been invaluable to Somera and we wish him well."

Prior to joining Somera, Mr. Peters served as Controller at Santera Systems Inc., a next-generation telecommunications equipment and as Vice President Accounting and Financial Administration at Protection One Inc., a publicly held international residential and commercial security company.

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