UK Oil & Gas Regulatory News (UKOG)

18 Oct 2006 07:01

Sarantel Group PLC18 October 2006 Embargoed until 0700 hours 18 October 2006 Sarantel Group PLC ("Sarantel") Board Changes Sarantel is pleased to announce the appointment of Colin Tucker and Philip Davidto the Board of Sarantel as Non Executive Directors. Colin Tucker, aged 61, is the deputy chairman of Hutchison 3G, having been itsManaging director between 2000 and 2003. Mr Tucker is a director of Hutchison 3GUK Limited, Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Limited, Morse PLC and Oxhill AviationLimited. He was director of TTP Communications PLC until July 2006. He is alsothe Chief Operating Officer, International Operations, of Orange plc. Mr David, aged 42, is the General Counsel of the ARM group. Mr David is adirector of ARM Limited. There are no other disclosures which are required to be announced pursuant toparagraph (g) of Schedule 2 to the AIM Rules. Geoff Shingles, Non Executive Chairman of Sarantel commented: "I am delighted to welcome Colin Tucker and Philip David to the Board ofSarantel. Colin's experience will provide the company great insight into theimpact of our technology on emerging wireless standards. Philip's deep expertisein the field of IP protection will be extremely valuable to the company as IP isone of Sarantel's most important assets." For further information please contact: Sarantel Group PLC www.sarantel.comGeoff Shingles Chairman/David Wither CEO 01933 670560Smithfield 020 7360 4900Sara Musgrave / Tania WildPictures are available for the media to view and download fromwww.vismedia.co.uk Notes to Editors: About Sarantel Sarantel designs, manufactures and sells patented, ceramic, filtering antennasfor use in portable wireless devices. These antennas allow a clearer signal thanconventional antennas whilst reducing the amount of energy absorbed by the bodyby approximately 90 per cent. They also simplify system design, thus allowingdesign standardisation and reduced time to market and cost for manufacturers.Sarantel's antennas significantly improve the performance of wireless systems byincreasing their range and effective bandwidth. The Company supplies antennas to the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) marketand the North American satellite radio market and Sarantel's antennas have beensuccessfully designed into Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs), laptops andPersonal Digital Assistants (PDAs). Sarantel's antenna technology is alsocapable of servicing multiple high volume markets such as Wi-Fi, 3G andBluetooth. Sarantel is listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange and isincluded in the IT Hardware sector (93) within the Telecommunications equipmentsub-sector (938) and has a RIC code of SLG.L This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange