Plantronics and Skype Technologies announced a worldwide strategic partnership to provide voice communications solutions for users of Skype’s online telephony services. As part of the agreement, Plantronics will be the globally preferred headset provider for Skype, and in the future, a range of Plantronics headsets will be made available bundled with a free trial of Skype’s premium services. http://www.plantronics.comhttp://www.skype.com
Plantronics and Skype to Develop VoIP Headsets
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