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Plantronics Strengthens Presence in Asia Pacific

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, April 7, 2009 - Plantronics, Inc., today announced the opening of a new office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The new office better enables Plantronics to meet growing demand for its contact center products and services within peninsular Malaysia through regional sales and technical support.

"The Malaysian contact center industry achieved double-digit growth in 2008 and is expected to grow 17% in 2009*, and the growing domestic industry and multilingual abilities of the Malaysian workforce implies a tremendous untapped potential," said Susan Hansen, vice president of Sales and Marketing Asia Pacific, Plantronics. "Plantronics is well positioned to support this market need with one of the industry's most complete families of corded and wireless products widely known for their sound quality, reliability and comfort."

The addition of the Malaysian office to Plantronics' existing network of offices in Australia, China PRC, India, Japan, Korea, Philippines, and Singapore, further solidifies the Company's presence in Asia Pacific and strengthens its ability to support a growing network of channel partners and customers.

Ms Ching Lai Kwan, channel manager for Malaysia and Indonesia, will manage the new Malaysia office. Lai Kwan comes from a background of enterprise solutions sales with extensive experience in the Malaysian and Indonesian markets. The Malaysia office is located at Level 30, The Gardens North Tower, Mid Valley City, Lingkaran Syed Putra, 59200, Kuala Lumpur, and reached by phone at +603-2035 9625.


About Plantronics
In 1969, a Plantronics headset carried the historic first words from the moon: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Since then, Plantronics has become the headset of choice for mission-critical applications such as air traffic control, 911 dispatch and the New York Stock Exchange. Today, this history of innovation is the basis for every audio product we build for the office, contact center, personal mobile, entertainment and residential markets. The Plantronics family of brands includes Plantronics, Altec Lansing and Clarity. For more information, go to www.plantronics.com or call (800) 544-4660.

Altec Lansing, Clarity, and Plantronics are registered trademarks of Plantronics, Inc.

*: Data source, Callcentres net Asian Contact Centre Industry Benchmark Report 2008




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