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Two Plantronics Bluetooth Headsets Honored with CES Innovations Design and Engineering Awards

Industry Accolades Continue for Plantronics Voyager PRO and BackBeat 903

Singapore, November 18, 2009 - Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE: PLT), the world leader in communication headsets for over 48 years, today announced that two of its latest Bluetooth® products have been named CES Innovations Design and Engineering Awards Honorees in competitive categories. The Plantronics Voyager® PRO Bluetooth Headset was recognized in the Wireless Handsets Accessories category and the BackBeat™ 903 Stereo Headphones in the Headphones category.

"Plantronics prides itself on developing products that exceed consumers' expectations and provide unparalleled audio combined with great usability, comfort and style," said Susan HANSEN , Vice President of Sales & Marketing Asia Pacific at Plantronics. "These honors are a testament to our relentless focus on meeting customer needs and continually breaking new ground in Bluetooth headsets through innovative audio technologies and designs. Discover 925, our CES award winner last year, has been well accepted by consumers across Asia Pacific regions. Winning those new awards will further enhance Plantronics' leadership in our region."

Plantronics' CES Innovations Honoree products for 2009 include:

Plantronics Voyager PRO
The Plantronics Voyager PRO headset provides the industry's most advanced noise-canceling and wind noise reduction technology. Winner of the coveted Editors' Choice awards from CNET and PC Magazine, the Plantronics Voyager PRO features AudioIQ2, next generation digital signal processing (DSP) technology, to deliver superior noise and wind cancellation as well as rich, natural inbound audio so you can hear and be heard clearly. Ideal for mobile professionals, Plantronics Voyager PRO is extremely comfortable and the battery provides up to six hours of talk time before having to recharge.

Plantronics BackBeat 903
Designed for active lifestyles, the BackBeat 903 Stereo Bluetooth Headphones provide wireless stereo music listening and calls in a light, flexible, behind-the-neck wearing style. The BackBeat 903 Headphones combine audio and voice technologies from Plantronics and Altec Lansing to provide brilliant, full-spectrum stereo sound and call support for most music-enabled mobile phones, including the Apple iPhone 3GS, Palm Pre and new Verizon Droid.

Please contact with your local Plantronics sales office to know those products' local availability information. To learn more about Plantronics headsets, please visit: www.plantronics.com.

About the International CES Innovations Design and Engineering Awards

The Innovations Design and Engineering Awards program recognizes the most innovative consumer electronics (CE) products in the industry's hottest product categories. Innovations has become a hallmark for the best designed products in consumer technology. The honorees are featured during the 2010 International CES in a special display.

Innovations honoree products are featured on www.CESweb.org/Innovations, where you can see a list of product categories, as well as each product name, manufacturer information, designer, description, photo and URL. Honorees for the Innovations Design and Engineering Awards Showcase are selected by a preeminent panel of judges consisting of independent industry designers, engineers and journalists.


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.

Plantronics, and Savi are trademarks or registered trademarks of Plantronics, Inc. The Bluetooth(R) word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Plantronics is under license. All other trademarks are the property of the respective owners.




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