The Minister's portfolio sits within UK Government Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) which aims to enable citizens and businesses to live within their environmental means. His responsibilities cover climate change, energy and sustainable development, making him perfectly positioned as keynote speaker at the event.

"Telepresence does more than improve communications and productivity, it is also increasingly viewed as a critical green technology," commented Steve Leyland, vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Polycom. "The Hon Phil Woolas and the attendees experienced all these benefits first hand thanks to telepresence facilitating a keynote speech which otherwise might not have happened."

David Rowe, Easynet's CEO, said: "The time has come for businesses to take responsibility and change the way they work: there is now a real alternative to hopping on a plane and traveling thousands of miles away for a meeting. Telepresence is a fantastic replacement, as Mr. Woolas experienced, without the environmental impact of worldwide travel. We're delighted he, and the attendees at the Climate Change Summit, have now seen this for themselves."

The Minister was in expert hands with the three technology providers facilitating his keynote speech: Polycom, Easynet and Telstra. The session took place at Easynet's telepresence suite in central London, and was facilitated with support from the 24/7 concierge service at Easynet's new Video Network Operations Centre (VNOC); Polycom's telepresence solutions at both end points in London and Sydney; and Telstra, which ensured the secure network and bandwidth was available at the event in Australia.

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Polycom telepresence solutions enable people in different locations to collaborate face-to-face and with eye contact as if they were in the same room. The personal to immersive telepresence experience can improve productivity, accelerate decision-making and deliver competitive advantage.

About Easynet

Easynet is an international managed networks, hosting and telepresence company, delivering superbly managed solutions for businesses and enterprises. Owning extensive global network and hosting infrastructure, the company sets itself apart through customer service excellence. Easynet has customers in 50 countries and can deliver solutions in 194. Its flagship telepresence suite is in central London, from which it offers superbly managed videoconferencing solutions. Easynet's customers include Sky, the Ford Motor Company, Kia Motors, Calor, Tchibo and Kellogg Italia. Easynet is part of the British Sky Broadcasting group, which has a total market capitalisation of GBP 11bn. Easynet is the Official Networking and Hosting Company of the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). For more information visit www.easynet.com.

About Polycom

Polycom, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM) is the global leader in telepresence, video, and voice solutions and a visionary in communications that empower people to connect and collaborate everywhere. Please visit www.polycom.com for more information.

Contacts:
Polycom
Angelika Kempf
Phone: +49 811 999 4218
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Easynet
Anne Amlot
Phone: +44 (0)207 032 5811
Email: Email Contact

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Reynolds has a track record for consistently meeting and exceeding sales goals. In her most recent position at Tandberg as National Channel Manager, Reynolds far exceeded revenue targets for 2005-2007 while managing the company's largest national reseller. Prior to this, Reynolds was Senior Channel Account Manager for the Northeast region, where she overachieved channel quotas for 2004 and 2005.

Previously, Reynolds served at Polycom, where she was Channel Account Director and provided account management and business development for national and regional channel partners and federal resellers. Reynolds overachieved sales goals for 2001-2003. Before this Reynolds was Territory Manager at Polycom, and managed major commercial accounts in the Western Region where she exceeded all annual sales goals.

"We are very pleased to welcome Nicole to lead our sales efforts in the Western US region," said Videre Co-founder and President Todd Luttinger. "Her outstanding reputation in our industry along with her long-term experience at Tandberg and Polycom will serve us well. We look forward to working with Nicole as we continue to bring state-of-the-art, high touch, customized High Definition videoconferencing to organizations across the country."

About Videre Conferencing

Videre Conferencing, Inc., headquartered in Quincy, MA with offices in New York City and Cleveland, is a leading provider of next generation High Definition videoconferencing, audiovisual and networked solutions. Leading organizations within financial, legal, technology, professional services, healthcare, entertainment, education and government sectors rely on Videre Conferencing. The founders of Videre -- Todd Luttinger, Bill Benoit and Steve Cogliano -- have many years of collective experience in conferencing systems design, best practices, sales, implementation and support. Videre has partnerships with best-of-breed videoconferencing solutions providers LifeSize, Polycom and Tandberg. For more information, visit www.videreconferencing.com.

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Red Javelin Communications
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Polycom telepresence solutions enable people to collaborate more effectively across distances, working face to face with coworkers, customers and partners in different locations as effectively and productively as if they were in the same room. Polycom telepresence solutions deliver a superior visual communications experience through UltimateHD(TM) -- HD video, HD voice and simultaneous HD content-sharing capabilities that deliver clear, natural, life-like interaction. Based on open standards, Polycom telepresence solutions work seamlessly with the full range of Polycom visual communications solutions from the desktop to immersive telepresence suite, allowing organizations to connect their entire knowledge network. The solutions also integrate with the unified communication networks that customers have today, and interoperate at the highest possible quality (including HD) with standards-based video conferencing solutions from other manufactures, and the more than 1.5 million standards-based video conferencing systems in use today around the world.

"Telepresence addresses some of the significant economic, geographic and environmental factors that businesses face today and in the foreseeable future," said Youssef Saleh, vice president and general manager, Telepresence and Vertical Solutions, Polycom. "York Telecom is able to deliver Polycom's industry-leading telepresence solutions in conjunction with comprehensive VNOC services that help companies every step of the way, including network design planning, deployment, use and ongoing support and maintenance. The standards-based solutions offer greater business value and ROI over proprietary solutions in the market by providing a broader range of interoperable systems for different application, space and budget requirements and enabling easy connections between organizations with customers and partners."

As a Polycom Telepresence Certified Plus Partner, York Telecom has access to the entire Polycom telepresence demonstration network and sales, marketing and service support from Polycom. The program allows York Telecom to resell Polycom telepresence solutions ensuring the highest levels of customer satisfaction. By leveraging the York Telecom VNOC service, customers simply walk into meeting rooms to find their scheduled calls already up and running. The VNOC service manages all telepresence conferences which can include other video conferencing endpoints to provide the most effective, widely accessible and high-quality experience possible.

As part of this certification, York Telecom completed Polycom's Telepresence VNOC (Video Network Operations Center) Provider Program, which provides a comprehensive review of the extensive capabilities required to provide managed services on telepresence, above and beyond those required for traditional video conferencing.

About Polycom

Polycom, Inc. is the worldwide leader in unified collaborative communications (UCC) that maximize the efficiency and productivity of people and organizations. Polycom delivers the broadest array of high definition telepresence video, wired and wireless voice, and content solutions so people can enjoy the best communications, whether from a real-time collaborative interaction or on-demand streamed video experience. Spanning from the desktop to the industry's only immersive telepresence suite, Polycom's high quality collaboration and communications solutions are easy to deploy and manage, as well as intuitive to use. Based on open standards, they integrate seamlessly with leading telephony and presence-based networks. With innovative market-driving technologies, a compelling vision for next generation visual communications, best-in-class products, alliance partnerships, and world-class service, Polycom is the smart choice for organizations to gain a competitive advantage with proven and trusted communication solutions. For additional information, call 800-POLYCOM or visit the Polycom web site at www.polycom.com.

About York Telecom

York Telecom is a leading provider of visual communication services and solutions for Government, Education, Medical and Global 5000 companies. Founded in 1985, the company is headquartered in Eatontown, New Jersey. The company offers total managed conferencing services, consulting, integration and operational services, professional video production and postproduction for visual communication solutions such as Videoconferencing, Streaming Media, Video on Demand, Custom Media Studio and Room Design and Multimedia Network Management. York Telecom has worldwide branch offices, a multi-lingual VNOC and help desk and a worldwide integration, production and support force. For more information, visit York Telecom online at www.yorktel.com or email at info@yorktel.com.

Polycom and the Polycom logo and registered trademarks and RealPresence, RPX, Polycom Telepresence Experience, TPX and UltimateHD are trademarks of Polycom, Inc. in the U.S. and various countries. Copyright2008, Polycom, Inc. All rights reserved.

Contacts:
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York Telecom Corporation
240-898-2400
Email Contact

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Polycom, Inc.
925-924-5706
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This presentation will be webcast and can be accessed on the Internet on May 29, 2008 at www.polycom.com under the Investor Relations - Financial and Investor Events page.

About Polycom

Polycom, Inc. is the worldwide leader in unified collaborative communications (UCC) that maximize the efficiency and productivity of people and organizations. Polycom delivers the broadest array of high definition telepresence video, wired and wireless voice, and content solutions so people can enjoy the best communications, whether from a real-time collaborative interaction or on-demand streamed video experience. Spanning from the desktop to the industry's only immersive telepresence suite, Polycom's high quality collaboration and communications solutions are easy to deploy and manage, as well as intuitive to use. Based on open standards, they integrate seamlessly with leading telephony and presence-based networks. With innovative market-driving technologies, a compelling vision for next generation visual communications, best-in-class products, alliance partnerships, and world-class service, Polycom is the smart choice for organizations to gain a competitive advantage with proven and trusted communication solutions. For additional information, call 800-POLYCOM or visit the Polycom web site at www.polycom.com.

Polycom and the Polycom logo are registered trademarks of Polycom in the U.S. and various countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Copyright 2008, Polycom, Inc. All rights reserved.

Contacts:

Polycom
Chief Financial Officer
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(925) 924-5742
Email Contact

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Investor Relations
Jason Golz
(415) 293-4411
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