[February 03, 2005]

RoyalTek Selects Sarantel Antenna for GPS Pocket PC

WELLINGBOROUGH, England --(Business Wire)-- Feb. 3, 2005 -- Taiwan GPS Products Leader Partners with UK Antenna Specialist

Sarantel, a leading manufacturer of miniature antenna for portable and mobile wireless devices, will supply its award winning GeoHelix global positioning system (GPS) antenna to RoyalTek Company Ltd, a leading GPS consumer products manufacturer in Taiwan, where design and performance can now be combined as one in GPS wireless products.

The superior performance and its high sensitivity were the decisive factors for RoyalTek in integrating Sarantel's GPS antenna into its new GPS Pocket PC product for worldwide distribution under well-known brands. Sarantel's GeoHelix GPS antenna will enable RoyalTek's new Pocket PC to offer GPS functionality by delivering accurate positioning in a range of difficult and hostile environments, helping users to plot routes and locate services quickly and easily.

RoyalTek's new Pocket PC is compact and lightweight with an integrated GPS receiver powering a complete GPS navigation system. An embedded SD/MMC card slot ensures ample data storage for mapping and application software. A full array of GPS features, including detailed maps, routing, points and directional information, makes this handheld device convenient for pedestrians and cyclists. Its bright, high-resolution color LCD makes viewing ease at any time of the day.

With the exceptional miniature size, GeoHelix was certainly the main contribution to an attractive consumer PDA with seamless integration of GPS capability. Dr Jin Su, RoyalTek's President said, "Consumers around the world are fast realizing how useful GPS navigation can be. GPS features are now an expected function for PDAs and even cell phones. The small size and consistent performance of Sarantel's antenna make it possible for this product to be a portable pocket PC as well as an in-vehicle navigator."

Commenting on Sarantel's success with RoyalTek, David Wither, Chief Executive Officer of Sarantel said: " A design win with an industry leader like RoyalTek further recognizes the GeoHelix as next generation antenna technology. This success is another market example of how Sarantel's antenna can help make GPS a natural addition to a consumer PDA."

Joe Murray, Sarantel's President Asia/Pacific, remarked: "RoyalTek sees the GeoHelix as ideal for its leading-edge GPS consumer products. A key factor is simplifying integration of high-performance GPS into a robust pocket PC. Our antenna enhances the look and feel of RoyalTek's streamlined, easy to use product."

About RoyalTek

RoyalTek Company Ltd. is a Designer and Manufacturer of GPS-based solutions from engine board modules to fully integrated PDAs with GPS. With many impressive milestones, such as being the first Taiwanese manufacturer to produce an in-car navigation system using the Windows CE environment and the first to make a CFIO GPS module, RoyalTek continues to be a leader in the GPS field. Our strengths are in RF design, GPS firmware design, and strong experience in integrating multiple components and methods of interfacing. Our design teams provide excellent performance, fast time to market and cost effectiveness for meeting customer needs. Known for quality, performance, and innovation, RoyalTek is a GPS total solution provider, offering its OEM/ODM customers comprehensive range of GPS products, as well as customized products.

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 Radio and telecommunications markets. Based on more than 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. Sarantel Ltd is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with subsidiary companies in the United States and Singapore.

The company has a strong engineering team and leading-edge laser and robotic manufacturing facilities in the UK. Sarantel sells products both directly and via distribution channels in over 150 countries, and has a globalized, high volume supply chain, with manufacturing partners in Eastern Europe and China. Please visit http://www.sarantel.com for further information.

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