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Plantronics is a hardware company based in Santa Cruz, California, that specializes in lightweight headsets and is the market leader worldwide. In the early 1960, airline headesets were so large and clunky, that many pilots had switched back to the use of handheld microphones for communications. The speed and complexity of jet airliners caused a need for the introduction of small, lightweight headsets into the cockpit. In 1961, United Airlines solicited new designs from anyone who was... full article at wikipedia
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  • 800,200,000.0
  • Mar 31, 2007
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  • 84,000,000.0
  • Mar 31, 2007
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  • 1,300,000,000.0
  • Dec 31, 2007
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  • PLT
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Created by Metaweb Oct 23, 2006
Last edited by jmmcleod14 Oct 1, 2008
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