Four GPS Design Wins

Sarantel Group PLC
21 February 2007



21 February 2007

Sarantel Group plc

Sarantel announces four GPS design wins in portable consumer products

Sarantel (AIM: SLG), the leading manufacturer of revolutionary filtering
antennas for mobile and wireless devices, today announces four handheld design
wins for its GeoHelix antenna technology.

Selected for its small size and superior handheld performance, the GeoHelix
antenna has been designed into a mobile phone distributed by LG Telecom, a
GPS-enabled camera from Ricoh, a portable navigation device from R.i.CO., and a
personal tracker from Flextrack.

The quality of the GPS antenna will be a critical factor in the success of all
four devices, which are designed for portable use. Unlike conventional GPS
antennas, which lose performance close to the human body, the GeoHelix antenna
is designed especially for hand-portable devices, reducing signal absorption by
the body by up to 90 per cent. Its omni-directional design also ensures a much
clearer view of all GPS satellites within range.

The four products are:

  • Jaty's L2000 mobile phone, designed for the Korean telecoms provider LG
    Telecom and incorporating navigation, a golf rangefinder, MP3 playback and
    T-DMB digital television
  • The Ricoh 500SE GPS-ready Digital Camera - a new GPS application for
    Sarantel - designed for taking and 'geotagging' photos
  • A Portable Navigation Device (PND) designed in partnership with the
    Italian manufacturer R.i.CO. and STMicroelectronics.
  • A second-generation Flextrack Lommy personal tracker incorporating GSM/
    GPRS and voice capabilities. This is a follow-on order - Sarantel having
    equipped the previous Lommy design.

David Wither, CEO of Sarantel says:

'We are delighted that Sarantel has been selected by these market-leading
companies to provide such an important component of their products. The
diversity of these devices and the breadth of their applications is a strong
endorsement of our GeoHelix antenna technology and prove its suitability for a
wide range of handheld consumer devices.'

Enquiries:


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David Wither, Chief Executive Officer
Sitkow Yeung,  Finance Director

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Carl Franklin / Ben Way






About Sarantel



Sarantel 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.



More information about the company is available at www.sarantel.com




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