Jabra launches Jabra™ 410 enterprise speakerphone – first product on the market to offer true 360-degree conferencing for businesses

Jabra launches Jabra™ 410 enterprise speakerphone – first product on the market to offer true 360-degree conferencing for businesses

* True plug-and-play speakerphone designed specifically from customer input

* Independent research places Jabra SPEAK™ 410 first in sound quality and design

(SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – 2 MARCH 2011) – Jabra has entered the enterprise speakerphone market with the launch of the Jabra SPEAK™ 410 in Australia and New Zealand. The Jabra SPEAK™ 410 is small, powerful and designed for portability at a time when virtual offices and mobile workers are proliferating. The Jabra SPEAK™ 410 includes the industry’s only truly 360-degree microphone, allowing a group of people to be heard properly from all around the device.

The Jabra SPEAK™ 410 was designed from customer input, based on their specific needs in an enterprise speakerphone. The product includes simple plug-and-play functionality for spontaneous conferencing and collaboration, making an instant meeting room from your desk, your hotel room, the airport or a home office.

Based on independent research conducted by GfK* with the market’s four leading speakerphone companies, the Jabra SPEAK™ 410 ranks number one in sound quality for voice and music and number one for design, taking 50 percent or more of the public vote in each of these categories.

Fulvio Toniotti, Managing Director for Jabra in Australia and New Zealand, said, “Jabra has made highly successful in-car speakerphones for many years, but this is our first speakerphone for the enterprise market. And uniquely, this is something our customers designed. We asked them what they want, and have developed a speakerphone that is based on their specific needs, not on what we think they need.

“With the high proportion of mobile workers and remote/branch offices in Australia and New Zealand, and this number continuing to rise, the Jabra SPEAK™ 410 will be a valuable tool to simplify office communication and improve business productivity, particularly for businesses that don’t have conference call installations.”

Measuring just 13 centimeters in diameter, Jabra SPEAK™ 410 comes with a travel case that enhances portability. The unit is small enough to tuck into a briefcase and flexible enough to work in any environment. Integrated cable management allows immediate, easy set up. Other key user benefits include:

* Built-in echo cancelation with no sound distortion, even at maximum volume * 3.5 mm headset port lets users quickly and easily attach a headset for privacy, even in an open office environment * Built-in ringer alerts users to incoming calls * Full duplex and wideband sound.

Ideal for Unified Communications Jabra SPEAK™ 410 is available in two variants:

* Jabra SPEAK™ 410 is compatible with all leading Unified Communications (UC) solutions, including Cisco, Avaya, and Alcatel-Lucent. Simply download the latest driver from Jabra PC Suite to enable call control. * Jabra SPEAK™ 410 MS optimized for Microsoft® LyncTM 2010 requires no additional software or drivers. It is the first enterprise speakerphone to be Lync 2010-certified by Microsoft.

Jabra’s UC Portfolio The Jabra SPEAK™ 410 is the most recent addition to Jabra’s portfolio of products ideal for UC, including ten headset series with multiple variants.

Jabra SPEAK™ 410 is available immediately from Jabra’s resellers in Australia and New Zealand for AUD$153 + GST and NZ$195 + GST.

See the full portfolio at www.Jabra.com/UC

About GN Netcom GN Netcom is a leading specialist in hands-free solutions that help people communicate freely in any location and across any voice communication platform. The CC&O division develops and sells UC-ready headsets for contact centers and offices and the Mobile division provides headsets for mobile phones and speakerphones for the car. GN Netcom markets the headsets globally under the Jabra brand. By the end of 2009, GN Netcom had about 850 employees and is a subsidiary of GN Store Nord A/S.

For further information, please visit www.jabra.com.au

Image gallery of the Jabra SPEAK 410

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