EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Boland T. Jones, certify that:

1.      I have reviewed this Quarterly
  Report on Form 10-Q of Premiere Global Services, Inc;

2.      Based on my knowledge, this
  report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
  a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
  under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
  covered by this report;

3.      Based on my knowledge, the financial
  statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly
  present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations
  and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
  report;

4.      The registrants other
  certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
  controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
  and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
  13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

| | (a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
      such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,
      to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including
      its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
      entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;               
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| | (b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
      caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
      our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
      of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
      purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;                      
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| | (c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure
      controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about
      the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
      of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and                                                                                                                
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| | (d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants
      internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants
      most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter
      in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
      likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over
      financial reporting; and

5.     The registrants other certifying
  officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
  control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the
  audit committee of the registrants board of directors (or persons performing
  the equivalent functions):

| | (a) | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
      design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
      reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record,
      process, summarize and report financial information; and
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| | (b) | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
      or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants
      internal control over financial reporting.                                                                                                     
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|Date: August 7, 2009 | /s/ Boland T. Jones           
|                     | Boland T. Jones               
|                     | Chief Executive Officer       
|                     | Premiere Global Services, Inc.

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