5th Sep 2005 07:00
Sarantel Group PLC05 September 2005 Embargoed until 7:00 5 September 2005 Sarantel Group PLC ("Sarantel") Sarantel, the leading manufacturer of revolutionary filtering antennas forwireless devices, is pleased to announce that it has received the largest singleorder in its history. The 300 thousand unit order from a North American customeris for a new, non-GPS antenna product. The antenna was designed by Sarantel's R&D team and manufactured in Wellingborough, UK. Volume shipments are expected inthe first half of the 2006 financial year, commencing 1 October 2005 Sarantel intends to issue a trading update ahead of its Preliminary Results forthe year ending 30 September 2005 in early October. David Wither, Chief Executive Officer said: "We are delighted to announce this order, which demonstrates the successfulpenetration of our core technology into new markets outside of GPS." For further information please contact: Sarantel Group PLC www.sarantel.comDavid Wither, CEO/Sitkow Yeung, CFO 01933 670560Smithfield 020 7360 4900Sara Musgrave / Sarah Richardson Pictures are available for the media to view and download fromwww.vismedia.co.uk About Sarantel Sarantel designs, manufactures and sells patented, ceramic, filtering antennasfor use in portable wireless devices such as PDAs, laptops and 3G mobiledevices. Its current focus is on producing antennas for the GPS market whichallow a clearer signal than conventional antennas whilst reducing the amount ofenergy absorbed by the head by approximately 90 per cent. The antennas simplifysystem design, thus allowing design standardisation and reduced time to marketand cost for manufacturers. As well as GPS, Sarantel's antennas are designed to service Wi-Fi, 3G andBluetooth platforms which are expected to be a key element in the future successof mobile network operators and device manufacturers. Sarantel's antennas cansignificantly increase the range and effective bandwidth of Wi-Fi devices andSarantel is planning to commence high volume delivery of its antennas into thesatellite radio market within the next 12 months. Sarantel listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange, on 2ndMarch 2005 at an issue price of 82p. Sarantel is included in the IT Hardwaresector (93) within the Telecommunications equipment sub-sector (938) and has aRIC code of SLG.L This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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