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Plantronics Voyager PRO Wins Prestigious iF Product Design Award 2010

Santa Cruz, Calif. – January 7, 2010 – Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE: PLT) today announced that the Plantronics Voyager(R) PRO Bluetooth(R) headset won the prestigious international Forum (iF) product design award 2010 in the Telecommunications category.

For 56 years, the iF product design award has served as an internationally recognized trademark for outstanding design. Across the globe, the iF brand, with offices in Hanover, Munich, Taipei, Seoul and Curitiba/Paraná, is an established symbol for exceptional design achievement.

There were nearly 2,500 entries from 39 different nations for this year’s award.

“Plantronics designed Voyager PRO for today’s mobile professionals who value performance and comfort above all else,” said Darrin Caddes, vice president of Corporate Design at Plantronics. “We designed the Voyager PRO to be perfectly balanced so that it is seemingly weightless yet very stable when worn and also extremely discreet as most of the physical volume of the product is concealed behind the ear. Combined with the industry’s best audio technology and extended battery life, Voyager PRO breaks new ground in what users should expect from a headset.”

The iF award is the latest accolade bestowed on the Plantronics Voyager PRO headset since it was introduced last year. Voyager PRO won coveted Editors’ Choice awards from CNET and PC Magazine, and was named a CES Innovations Design and Engineering Award Honoree in the Wireless Handsets Accessories category.

Engineered for Sound Quality(TM)

The Plantronics Voyager PRO provides the industry’s most advanced noise-canceling and wind noise reduction technology. The headset features a unique dual-microphone boom and AudioIQ2, next generation digital signal processing (DSP) technology, to precisely capture the user’s voice and simultaneously cancel background noise. It features three layers of WindSmart(R) technology to minimize wind noise and delivers rich, natural inbound audio so you can hear and be heard clearly.

The Plantronics Voyager PRO endured an extraordinary 24 rounds of human factors testing to perfect the design for all-day wearing comfort and stability. The Voyager PRO ear tip is made of soft silicone for an optimal fit and features a “sound channel” that helps distribute audio evenly to the ear. Ideal for mobile professionals, the Plantronics Voyager PRO is extremely comfortable and the battery provides up to six hours of talk time before having to recharge.

About the iF Design Awards

Since the introduction of the iF product design award in 1953, iF design awards have developed into prestigious trademarks for outstanding achievements in the field of design. Enterprises and design studios use the award to make their customers and additional target groups aware of the potentially decisive difference in product and service quality expressed by this distinction.

About Plantronics

Plantronics is a world leader in personal audio communications for professionals and consumers. From unified communication solutions to Bluetooth headsets, Plantronics delivers unparalleled audio experiences and quality that reflect our nearly 50 years of innovation and customer commitment. Plantronics is used by every company in the Fortune 100 and is the headset of choice for air traffic control, 911 dispatch and the New York Stock Exchange. For more information, please visit www.plantronics.com or call (800) 544-4660.

Plantronics Adds Award-Winning Voyager PRO Bluetooth Headset to Unified Communications Portfolio

Santa Cruz – November 2, 2009 – Plantronics (NYSE: PLT) today expanded its growing portfolio of wireless headsets for Unified Communications (UC) with the new Plantronics Voyager® PRO UC headset. Voyager PRO UC combines Plantronics’ award-winning Voyager PRO Bluetooth® headset with a plug-and-play Bluetooth USB adapter to deliver richer wideband audio on softphones along with Voyager PRO’s superior noise and wind cancellation on both mobile phones and softphones. “The Voyager PRO UC headset was designed for the growing number of mobile professionals who rely on unified communications to stay connected,” said Gunjan Bhow, vice president and general manager of Unified Communications at Plantronics. “Because the headset works with both UC applications and mobile phones, mobile professionals no longer need to juggle multiple headsets. They can get superior audio quality with one device.”

Plug-and-Play Simplicity, Reduced Help Desk Costs The Plantronics Voyager PRO UC headset features a plug-and-play Bluetooth USB adapter that reduces Help Desk support costs by eliminating cumbersome software setup processes. Users insert the adapter into their PC and can start talking immediately. The headset delivers high-end audio with wideband calling through softphone applications from leading providers, including Avaya, Cisco, IBM, and Microsoft, and other popular services, such as Google Talk and Skype. The Plantronics Voyager PRO UC headset supports multipoint technology that allows users to switch between their mobile phone calls and PC calls with the touch of a button.

Plantronics Voyager PRO UC includes the PerSono® Suite software providing call answer/end, volume and mute with supported softphones and manages PC audio, such as music, unified messaging and webinars. Call alert provides notification of incoming softphone calls while listening to streaming audio and a single button on the headset lets users answer/end calls. PerSono Suite software also includes feature setting capabilities so users can personalize the system with choice of ring tones, volume levels, and media management, such as pausing music when taking a call.

“We predict that the adoption of Unified Communications is set to significantly change the traditional communication landscape and infrastructure within businesses across the globe. Desk telephones for many knowledge workers will become redundant, as laptops with smartphones become the communication tools of choice,” comments Steve Blood, Research vice president at Gartner. “Headsets will become essential communication tools for collaborators and could become mandatory, because of health and safety policies.”