Production Orders

RNS Number : 2274W

Sarantel Group PLC

16 November 2010

 



16 November 2010

Sarantel Group PLC

New Ricoh camera equipped with Sarantel antenna

Sarantel Group PLC, (AIM: SLG, "Sarantel"), a leading manufacturer of high-performance, miniature antennas for mobile and wireless devices, announces that it has received production orders for it SL1300 LBS Pro GPS antenna which has been integrated with Ricoh's new digital camera, the G700SE.

The ruggedized, water- and dust-proof camera comes with Global Positioning System (GPS), Wi-Fi and Bluetooth^® communications. The addition of the more robust Sarantel antenna helps to improve positional accuracy from six to three metres, enabling more accurate geotagging of photos for integration with mapping applications such as Google Maps, Google Earth and ESRI's ArcGIS solutions. 

David Wither, Sarantel CEO said: 

"We are delighted that Ricoh selected our LBS Pro antenna for such an innovative product as the G700SE. Their emphasis on quality and high performance has enabled them to develop a superb camera whose location capabilities will be invaluable for many consumer and commercial applications in this exciting and rapidly growing market segment."

Enquiries

Sarantel Group PLC	01933 670 560
David Wither, Chief Executive Officer
Seymour Pierce (Nominated adviser and broker)	020 7107 8000
John Cowie / Freddy Crossley
Paul Jewell (Corporate Broking)
College Hill	020 7457 2020
Carl Franklin/Adrian Duffield

About Sarantel www.sarantel.com

Sarantel is a leader in the design of high-performance miniature antennas for portable wireless applications. Sarantel's revolutionary ceramic filtering antennas offer dramatically improved performance over existing antenna designs, resulting in a clearer signal, better range and a 90 per cent reduction in the amount of signal radiation absorbed by the body. Because of their smaller size and higher capabilities, Sarantel's antennas enable manufacturers to create innovative wireless products for the GPS, WiMax, Satellite Radio and Satellite phone markets.

 

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