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Article: Plantronics Selected by Microsoft to Provide Voice/Audio Communicator Headset for New Xbox.

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July 17, 2001
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2001

Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE:PLT), the world leader in communications headsets, announced today that it has been selected by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) to provide the headset for the Xbox Communicator(TM), a voice communicator device, for the new Xbox(TM) video game system.

The jointly developed Microsoft-Plantronics headset will allow gamers to completely immerse themselves into, and control by voice, exciting Xbox games currently under development around the world. Scheduled for release this fall, Xbox catapults Microsoft into the video game console ...

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