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Nine New PC Headsets and Microphones Featuring Quality Performance With Multiple Styles and Price Points

Plantronics has become a leading global provider of PC headsets. Leveraging this expertise, Plantronics has now established an aggressive strategy to expand its PC product line to a broader audience providing multiple styles and price points including a new foldable stereo headset for portability, a stereo earbud headset, and a new behind-the-neck stereo headset.

``Having traditionally focused on the high-end computer headset space, our new .Audio product series allows customers to experience high-quality products at a lower price point,'' said Neil Snyder, president of Plantronics' Computer Audio Systems Division. ``All of Plantronics computer headsets enhance PC communications and can be used with today's most popular audio and voice applications.''

The .Audio line consists of:

• .Audio 10 PC Microphone ESP $9.95
• .Audio 20 Monaural PC headset ESP $14.95
• .Audio 30 Stereo PC earbud headset ESP $19.95
• .Audio 40 Stereo PC headset ESP $19.95
• .Audio 50 Monaural PC headset w/ inline control ESP $19.95
• .Audio 60 Stereo PC headset w/ inline control ESP $24.95
• .Audio 70 Behind-the-neck stereo PC headset w/ inline control

ESP $24.95

• .Audio 80 Foldable Stereo PC headset w/ inline control ESP $29.95
• .Audio 90 Multimedia Stereo PC headset w/ inline control ESP $29.95

Plantronics noise-canceling microphones and specially designed acoustic housing have been extensively tested with speech recognition applications to provide high accuracy even within high-noise conditions. All Plantronics PC headsets allow users to position the microphone easily and consistently for uniform performance and higher voice accuracy. The headsets are comfortable, made from lightweight materials, and offer sleek, stylish designs with color accents.

Plantronics provides headsets for leading computer software companies including Microsoft and IBM.

``Windows XP provides users with rich, interpersonal communications capabilities,'' said Shawn Sanford, group product manager, Windows Marketing at Microsoft Corp. ``The Plantronics .Audio line of PC headsets provides a great companion to the Windows XP communications experience when friends, families and colleagues speak with one another across the Internet or corporate network.''

Microsoft and Plantronics have collaborated in the past. Microsoft named Plantronics ``the speech recognition headset preferred by Office XP.'' The two companies also jointly developed the headset for the Xbox Communicator, a device Plantronics is producing for the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft. Microsoft bundles the LS1 PC headset from Plantronics in their SideWinder game voice product.

To aid retail sales at the point-of-sale, Plantronics has designed exciting new retail packaging. In consumer testing, the new .Audio packaging was preferred 68 percent of the time over competitive packaging compared to only 28 percent for the competitor. Among consumers, the packaging also conveyed superior feelings of better value, ease of use, versatility and an improved PC experience.

Plantronics' Computer Audio Systems Division has established itself as a leading provider of superior-quality computer headset peripherals for voice and audio applications. All of Plantronics award-winning PC headsets combine quality with comfort, and offer a noise-canceling microphone. They are lightweight and ergonomically designed for extended wear with cushioned earphones that swivel for a tailored fit. They are available in analog and digitally-enhanced versions and are perfect for Internet gaming, Internet telephony and chat, voice navigation, listening to MP3 files and CDs, speech recognition, and command and control.

The new .Audio line will be available at popular retail outlets in Q1 2002.

CES 2002 Information

The new .Audio line, along with the complete line of Plantronics' PC headsets, will be on display during CES at the Plantronics booth no. 11836 in the Home Information and Wireless section of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

About Plantronics

Plantronics, Inc. is the world leader in lightweight communications headsets, offering a wide range of products for call center, office, mobile and computer applications. Founded in 1961, the company introduced the world's first lightweight headset in 1962, and in 1969, Plantronics supplied the headset from which the first words from the moon were transmitted. Plantronics formed its Mobile Communications Division in 1997 to address the cordless, DECT and mobile phone market segments. In 1999, Plantronics formed its Computer Audio Systems Division to develop next-generation products for computer applications and its Call Center and Office Division to launch new products for the office, small office/home office and call centers. A publicly held company (NYSE:PLT - news), Plantronics is headquartered in Santa Cruz, Calif., and maintains offices in 19 countries with more than 2,300 employees. Plantronics products are sold and supported through a worldwide network of authorized Plantronics partners, and are available directly nationwide through retail, consumer electronics, cellular and PCS stores. Products and information about the company can be found at www.plantronics.com or by calling 800/544-4660.

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Contact:

     Plantronics
     Matt Miller, 831/458-7386
     matt.miller@plantronics.com
        or
     Wilson McHenry Company
     Sandra Hirschhorn, 415/227-1231
     shirschhorn@wilsonmchenry.com