Sarantel Group PLC
11 October 2007
11 October 2007
SARANTEL GROUP PLC
Further design win and production orders for GPS tracker market
Sarantel (AIM: SLG), the leading manufacturer of revolutionary filtering
antennas for mobile and wireless devices, has received production orders for a
new design win in the personal GPS tracker market. Sarantel's GeoHelix GPS
antenna, which is extremely small, omni-directionally and high performance, will
now be integrated into ROMTRAC's RSP-100. The RSP-100 tracker Romad Personal
Safety Phone is ideally suited for use by lone worker, security or workforce
management environments.
This brings the total number of Sarantel design wins in this market segment to
seven in the past 12 months and is the latest design win for Sarantel's second
generation GPS antenna.
The Romad RSP-100 is a small, slim line and lightweight device measuring only
90mm in height, 46mm in width and a depth of 17.5mm. Weighing only 62.5g with
the standard battery means that the device can be worn on a lanyard, or placed
in a mobile case. Simple over-the-air commands are used to configure the
device, providing four pre-programmable speed dial numbers and a rugged SOS
alert button.
Sarantel's GeoHelix GPS antenna was selected for its small size,
omni-directionality and high performance when hand-held. Unlike other antennas,
the GeoHelix does not detune when it is held in the hand and its
omni-directional performance enables it to detect satellites no matter the
orientation of the device. The unique properties of Sarantel's GeoHelix antenna
were key enablers of the design of such a small yet powerful device. ROMTRAC
were also pleased with the ease of integrating the antenna in the device,
enabling them to save engineering time and resources, and accelerating their
time-to-market.
David Wither, Chief Executive of Sarantel says:
'We are very pleased to consolidate our position in the personal tracker market
with this latest design win. ROMTRAC was able to integrate this standard
component antenna into their device very easily, thereby reducing development
risk.
'Our GeoHelix antenna also provides very high performance in a small hand held
package, enabling them to design an attractive device to meet the demanding
performance requirements of this fast growing market.'
Enquiries:
Sarantel
David Wither, Chief Executive Officer 01933 670 560
Sitkow Yeung, Finance Director
College Hill 020 7457 2020
Adrian Duffield/ Ben Way
Notes to Editors:
Sarantel (www.sarantel.com) is a leader in the design of high-performance
miniature antennas for portable wireless applications including hand-held
navigation, satellite radio and laptop computers.
Sarantel's revolutionary ceramic filtering antennas offer dramatically improved
performance over existing antenna designs, resulting in a clearer signal, better
range and a 90 per cent reduction in the amount of signal radiation absorbed by
the body.
Because of their smaller size and higher capabilities, Sarantel's antennas
enable manufacturers to create innovative high-volume consumer products
incorporating technologies such as GPS, Wi-Fi, WiMax, 3G, GPRS, Satellite Radio
and Bluetooth.
Romtrac Plc (www.romtracplc.com) is a market leading specialist solutions
provider of mobile location based services (LBS) for lone worker protection and
personal security.
Romtrac both manufacture the Romad Personal Safety Phone and developed the
Romtrac LBS platform, together providing powerful, accurate location
applications making tracking technology work for you.
Romtrac's phones and applications utilise the latest SiRF technology combined
with a powerful web based tracking platform that can be deployed in any lone
worker, security or remote worker environment.
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