Plantronics' Voyager PRO UC Wins Silver Award in Elite International Design Competition

SANTA CRUZ, CA, Jul 06 (MARKET WIRE) --
Plantronics (NYSE: PLT) today announced that its Voyager(R) PRO UC
Bluetooth(R) headset has been named a 2011 International Design
Excellence Award (IDEA) winner by the Industrial Designers Society of
America (IDSA). This prestigious award celebrates design excellence in
products, sustainability, interaction design, packaging, strategy,
research and concepts. Voyager PRO UC was named a Silver Award winner in
the Communications Tools category.

The Plantronics design team was challenged to design a headset that would
deliver superior comfort, long battery life, and unmatched sound quality
in an aesthetically appealing form. The Voyager PRO line of headsets
takes its inspiration from the design of classic sound tubes and retro
microphones that echo designs from the "Jet Age" -- a nod to Plantronics'
beginnings as a headset manufacturer for NASA. This retro theme is
incorporated throughout the product, culminating in the sweeping flare of
the battery compartment that ensures the perfect weight and balance for
maximum comfort.

"We consider it an honor to receive an award for design excellence from
IDSA," said Darrin Caddes, vice president of corporate design for
Plantronics. "We've received many design awards in recent years but this
one is of particular relevance to us as it comes as recognition from our
peers in the design community. We design our products to complement human
anatomy and act as an extension of the end user and do our best to create
solutions that not only deliver best in class audio performance, but also
provide a simple and seamless user experience."

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 the Voyager PRO headset's
superior noise and wind cancellation on both mobile phones and
softphones. Additionally, Voyager PRO UC delivers advanced hardware and
software that seamlessly eliminates communication complexity by detecting
presence and integrating with PC applications -- dramatically enhancing
the headset experience.

Caddes continued, "Our goal is to extend the notion of comfort beyond
ergonomics and well into the products form factor and total product
experience. It's one thing to ask someone if their headset is
comfortable, and another entirely to ask them if they're comfortable in
their headset. It takes a team of very talented designers and engineers
to pull this off and we feel the Voyager Pro line exemplifies what we
like to call Simply Smarter Communications."

About The IDSA
The IDSA is one of the world's oldest, largest,
member-driven societies for product design, industrial design,
interaction design, human factors, ergonomics, design research, design
management, universal design and related design fields. For detailed
descriptions, photos and contact information on this year's IDEA winners,
visit http://www.idsa.org/idea-2011-gallery. The 2011 IDEA jury included
20 international design experts coming from design consultancies,
corporations and universities. Judging criteria focused on eight areas of
industrial design excellence: innovation; benefit to the user; benefit to
society; benefit to the client; visual appeal and appropriate aesthetics;
usability, emotional factors and unmet needs for the design research
category; and internal factors, methods, strategic value, and
implementation for the design strategy category. Best in Show, Curator's
Choice, People's Choice, and the Responsibility Awards will be announced
during the IDSA International Conference in New Orleans, September 17,
2011.

About Plantronics -- Simply Smarter Communications(TM)
Plantronics is a
global leader in audio communications for businesses and consumers. We
have pioneered new trends in audio technology for 50 years, creating
innovative products that allow people to simply communicate. From unified
communication solutions to Bluetooth(R) headsets, we deliver
uncompromising quality, an ideal experience, and extraordinary service.
Plantronics is used by every company in the Fortune 100, as well as 911
dispatch, air traffic control and the New York Stock Exchange. For more
information, please visit www.plantronics.com or call (800) 544-4660.

Plantronics, Simply Smarter Communications and Voyager are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Plantronics, Inc. The Bluetooth trademark is
owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of the mark by Plantronics, Inc.
is under license. All other trademarks are the property of the respective
owners.

Plantronics Contact:

Laurie Guarino
Laurie.Guarino@plantronics.com
831-458-7529

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