SARANTEL ANTENNA MAKES SHORTLIST OF THREE FOR EDN INNOVATION OF THE YEAR AWARD

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SARANTEL ANTENNA MAKES SHORTLIST OF THREE FOR EDN INNOVATION OF THE YEAR AWARD
13 February 2004 - Sarantel Limited

Sarantel has been nominated to a short-list of three in the component category of EDN's Innovation of the Year Awards for 2004. EDN's awards program is now in its 14th year and recognises truly outstanding products and services which have been available in the electronics market during the previous year.

EDN is part of the Reed Electronics Group and EDN is the premier design title and on-line network for electronics designers worldwide. All the short listed products are innovative, but, of the thousands that manufacturers announce each year and the hundreds that EDN reports on, less than 50 have been short listed for 13 product awards this year.

Brad Hurte, President of Sarantel USA said, "When we were selected to be one of EDN's 100 hot products at the end of 2003 I thought that was a pretty major achievement. Being short listed for an Innovation of the Year Award, alongside companies like AMD, Analog Devices, ARM and Tektronix, is really very gratifying and the team and I will be canvassing support from customers and partners right up to the deadline."

EDN's technical editors selected the finalists and Sarantel's GeoHelix-S has been selected in the component category. The GeoHelix-S, and active surface-mountable GPS antenna, is part of Sarantel's growing range of miniature antennas for GPS, Wi-Fi and 3G applications. Sarantel's antennas are all based on high-dielectric miniature ceramic cylinders onto which a copper track is etched. Compared with the conventional antennas used in portable wireless products, Sarantel's devices have a much wider beam width, meaning better reception, and make the receivers immune to the de-tuning effects of the user's hands and head.

"We always get an outstanding set of entries to our Innovation program," said EDN Editor-in-Chief Maury Wright. "The chosen finalists should be proud of their selection because many worthy products barely missed the cut. I look forward to meeting with all of the participants at the awards banquet."

In the next few weeks electronics engineers and engineering managers will use an online ballot to select the ultimate winners from among these finalists. Winners will be announced at a ceremony on March 29, 2004 in San Francisco.

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About: Sarantel Limited
Sarantel is a world-class manufacturer of miniature antennas based on its revolutionary PowerHelix™ filtering antenna technology. From humble beginnings, the company has grown significantly. Founded in 2000 as a VC-funded technology spin-off headquartered in a garage, the company now employs over 100 in locations across the globe. In 2004 the European Tech Tour identified Sarantel as one of the Top 25 high growth technology companies in the UK. In March 2005, Sarantel floated on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market, and in August 2005 Sarantel shipped its one-millionth antenna.

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