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21 Feb 2007 07:01

Sarantel Group PLC21 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 filteringantennas for mobile and wireless devices, today announces four handheld designwins for its GeoHelix antenna technology. Selected for its small size and superior handheld performance, the GeoHelixantenna has been designed into a mobile phone distributed by LG Telecom, aGPS-enabled camera from Ricoh, a portable navigation device from R.i.CO., and apersonal tracker from Flextrack. The quality of the GPS antenna will be a critical factor in the success of allfour devices, which are designed for portable use. Unlike conventional GPSantennas, which lose performance close to the human body, the GeoHelix antennais designed especially for hand-portable devices, reducing signal absorption bythe body by up to 90 per cent. Its omni-directional design also ensures a muchclearer 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-leadingcompanies to provide such an important component of their products. Thediversity of these devices and the breadth of their applications is a strongendorsement of our GeoHelix antenna technology and prove its suitability for awide range of handheld consumer devices." Enquiries: Sarantel 01933 670 560David Wither, Chief Executive OfficerSitkow Yeung, Finance Director 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