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11 Oct 2007 07:01

Sarantel Group PLC11 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 filteringantennas for mobile and wireless devices, has received production orders for anew design win in the personal GPS tracker market. Sarantel's GeoHelix GPSantenna, which is extremely small, omni-directionally and high performance, willnow be integrated into ROMTRAC's RSP-100. The RSP-100 tracker Romad PersonalSafety Phone is ideally suited for use by lone worker, security or workforcemanagement environments. This brings the total number of Sarantel design wins in this market segment toseven in the past 12 months and is the latest design win for Sarantel's secondgeneration GPS antenna. The Romad RSP-100 is a small, slim line and lightweight device measuring only90mm in height, 46mm in width and a depth of 17.5mm. Weighing only 62.5g withthe standard battery means that the device can be worn on a lanyard, or placedin a mobile case. Simple over-the-air commands are used to configure thedevice, providing four pre-programmable speed dial numbers and a rugged SOSalert 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 itsomni-directional performance enables it to detect satellites no matter theorientation of the device. The unique properties of Sarantel's GeoHelix antennawere key enablers of the design of such a small yet powerful device. ROMTRACwere also pleased with the ease of integrating the antenna in the device,enabling them to save engineering time and resources, and accelerating theirtime-to-market. David Wither, Chief Executive of Sarantel says: "We are very pleased to consolidate our position in the personal tracker marketwith this latest design win. ROMTRAC was able to integrate this standardcomponent antenna into their device very easily, thereby reducing developmentrisk. "Our GeoHelix antenna also provides very high performance in a small hand heldpackage, enabling them to design an attractive device to meet the demandingperformance requirements of this fast growing market." Enquiries: SarantelDavid Wither, Chief Executive Officer 01933 670 560Sitkow Yeung, Finance Director College Hill 020 7457 2020Adrian Duffield/ Ben Way Notes to Editors: Sarantel (www.sarantel.com) is a leader in the design of high-performanceminiature antennas for portable wireless applications including hand-heldnavigation, satellite radio and 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. Romtrac Plc (www.romtracplc.com) is a market leading specialist solutionsprovider of mobile location based services (LBS) for lone worker protection andpersonal security. Romtrac both manufacture the Romad Personal Safety Phone and developed theRomtrac LBS platform, together providing powerful, accurate locationapplications making tracking technology work for you. Romtrac's phones and applications utilise the latest SiRF technology combinedwith a powerful web based tracking platform that can be deployed in any loneworker, security or remote worker environment. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange