UK Oil & Gas Regulatory News (UKOG)

9 Jan 2007 07:01

Sarantel Group PLC09 January 2007 9 January 2007 Sarantel Sarantel Powers World's Smallest Tracking Device Sarantel (AIM: SLG), the leading manufacturer of revolutionary filteringantennas for mobile and wireless devices and mywerk GmbH, a manufacturer of GPStracking devices, today announce the availability of Nanotrack, the world'ssmallest quad-band GPS and GPRS tracking device. Only slightly larger than a matchbox, Nanotrack has been designed to serve thepersonal, car and asset tracking markets. The device receives positionalinformation from the GPS satellites and communicates this data via GSM networks.A central server stores the position and information for the user who can use itin GPRS or SMS mode. The device incorporates the miniature GeoHelix S antenna. GeoHelix antennas havea tightly-constrained near field, meaning the antenna does not lose performancein close proximity to people or active components, which absorb signal energy.Because the antenna is omni-directional, it will receive satellite signals nomatter what its orientation. With its small size and different power-saving modes, the Nanotrack is capableof operating from several hours to many years, making it an ideal device formany different tracking applications. Robert Bastubbe, Chief Executive Officer of mywerk GmbH comments: "Performance problems and operations outages are generally caused by the sameissues time and time again. The antenna is often the source of these problemsthrough poor performance, improper placement, external manipulation oraccidental interruption. The GeoHelix antenna solved all of these problems andhelped us to get our concept to market quickly". David Wither, Chief Executive of Sarantel comments: "We are delighted to have been chosen by mywerk for its Nanotrack device, whosesmall size will make a big impact on the personal and asset tracking markets." In a separate release today, Sarantel announced its first-ever contract tosupply two different antennas into a portable consumer device. Sarantel willincorporate its revolutionary GeoHelix GPS antenna and its SkyTune SatelliteRadio antenna into the new Bushnell ONIX 400 - the first handheld navigationdevice with built-in satellite radio capability for real-time weather alerts. Enquiries: Sarantel 01933 670 560David Wither, Chief Executive OfficerSitkow Yeung, Chief Finance Officer College Hill 020 7457 2020Carl Franklin / Ben Way About Sarantel Sarantel is a leader in the design of high-performance miniature antennas forportable wireless applications including hand-held navigation, satellite radioand laptop computers. Sarantel's revolutionary ceramic filtering antennas offer dramatically improvedperformance over existing antenna designs, resulting in a clearer signal, betterrange and a 90 per cent reduction in the amount of signal radiation absorbed bythe body. Because of their smaller size and higher capabilities, Sarantel's antennasenable manufacturers to create innovative high-volume consumer productsincorporating technologies such as GPS, Wi-Fi, WiMax, 3G, GPRS, Satellite Radioand Bluetooth. More information about the company is available at www.sarantel.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange