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27th August 2004 - Sarantel, a leading innovator in
the design and manufacture of miniature antennas for
portable and mobile wireless devices, has been chosen
by Precisa to supply its global positioning system (GPS)
antenna. Precisa, a leading Swiss company specialising
in wireless technologies and measuring instruments,
has integrated Sarantel’s GeoHelix GPS antenna
into the Secufone, a mobile phone with a personal alarm
and service button. The Secufone is aimed at a cross-section
of the community including care associations, nursing
homes, the elderly and the infirm. In addition, the
Secufone offers a number of solutions for security applications.
This innovative new GPS/GSM device will enable care
organisations to provide people with an easy-to-use
mobile phone that has a simple to use and operable alarm
system. The Secufone will also be targeted at rescue
organisations and security firms who rely on the superior
GPS quality that Sarantel antennas offer.
With its GPS/GSM functionality and personal alarm system,
the Secufone is an easy-to-use tri-band mobile phone.
By pressing the red alarm button, users of the Secufone
are connected to an associated call-centre. A hands-free
speech connection is then available so the user can
explain their situation; the call-centre can take the
appropriate action to arrange assistance. The Sarantel
antenna enables the call centre to pinpoint the user
to within 5 metres of their location.
The Secufone has an interactive full colour screen,
which can be easily operated with the very light touch
of a finger, plus it only uses four large buttons. Produced
in Switzerland, the Secufone will be available for sale
in Europe and the US from August 2004 in leading telecoms
shops.
Secufone opted for the Sarantel antenna because of
its unparalleled performance and accurate positioning.
Precisa’s CEO Rudolf Huber said: “The GPS
functionality of the Secufone, is a key feature of the
mobile phone. The Sarantel antenna offers excellent
GPS reception in difficult and harsh environments and
is the only GPS antenna on the market we found that
integrated with a GSM mobile phone without loss of performance.”
David Wither, Chief Executive at Sarantel said: “There
is huge potential for GPS in GSM mobile products and
this is why we are seeing extraordinarily high demand
for our products at the moment. By choosing to embed
our GeoHelix antenna to work in a multiple antenna system,
Precisa has created a versatile mobile phone with guaranteed
GPS/GSM functionality that inexperienced users will
be able to use easily.”
Sarantel’s success with Precisa was supported
by Secos, a distributor for telecommunications modules
and devices for industrial application and the M2M market
and a key partner of Sarantel’s in Switzerland.
About Sarantel
Sarantel Limited is a dynamic, young company that develops
and manufactures a new generation of miniature ceramic
antennas for wireless communications. The antennas benefit
mobile wireless products in the GPS, Wireless LAN, Satellite
and voice telecommunications markets. Based on 20+ years
of research and development, the company has over 200
worldwide patents and manufactures this enabling antenna
technology for all facets of the rapidly growing global
telecommunications markets. The parent company, Sarantel
Ltd, is based in Wellingborough, England, with subsidiaries
in Washington state, USA (Sarantel Inc) and in Singapore
(Sarantel Asia Pacific).
The company has a strong engineering team and has leading
edge laser and robotic manufacturing facilities in the
UK. It sells products both directly and via distribution
channels in over 150 countries and is implementing a
high volume manufacturing facility in China via partner
relationships. Please visit <http://www.sarantel.com>
for further information.
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