SARANTEL SHIPS ITS ONE-MILLIONTH ANTENNA
31 August 2005 - Sarantel Limited

Sarantel, a leading innovator in the design and manufacture of miniature antennas for portable communications devices, announces today that it has just shipped its one-millionth antenna since the company began manufacturing in 2002. The GeoHelix-SMP GPS antenna went to customer Globalsat Technology Corporation of Taiwan.

"It's a big day for small antennas!" enthused David Wither, Sarantel's CEO. "One million is a huge milestone. What started as a dream in 2000 to bring the world's best GPS antennas to market is coming to fruition as our invention becomes a commercial success. We're proud to have built a high tech, high volume manufacturing plant in the UK where we continue to innovate."

Since its IPO, Sarantel has invested heavily in capacity to meet its customers' growing demand. The market for small, portable, and handheld GPS products has exploded in recent years. ABI Research recently reported a 5-year compound growth rate for Sarantel's addressed markets in excess of 40% per year. Sarantel has seen much stronger growth in demand as it builds market share and revolutionises consumer GPS products.

Sarantel's high-performance GPS antennas are manufactured in Wellingborough with precision equipment custom designed by its own manufacturing team led by COO, Bill Taylor. "Our business has grown more than 400% in the past year, and as a result we had to completely focus on keeping our operation ahead of the game. We have a great team that is constantly challenging themselves to find new ways to increase throughput and improve the quality of product we ship. I'm very proud of them," said Taylor.

Company founder and CTO Oliver Leisten commented: "We started with a vision that wireless was going to be ubiquitous, and that consumers would demand smaller devices that still perform well. No market has exemplified that vision better than GPS, and our technology simply makes GPS work in small devices."

While this sounds pretty basic, conventional GPS antennas have tremendous difficulty performing well in small products, particularly those held by a person or that employ multiple radios. Sarantel's PowerHelix antenna technology specifically addresses the problems of these types of products, and with the shipment of the millionth antenna, Sarantel has proven its ability to manufacture its unique products in high volume.

Wither concludes: "I'm thrilled and incredibly proud of the Sarantel team whose innovation, dedication and hard work has brought us this far. Watch for our two millionth antenna to be shipped in the months to come!"

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