Sarantel has announced that Neve ITS has launched the Steplogger, a personal tracking device using Sarantel's Geohelix-S GPS antenna for accurate location tracking. The device can send SMS location updates to pre-programmed numbers and features a compact design enabling high sensitivity in challenging environments. Sarantel, a leading antenna manufacturer, emphasizes their innovative filtering antennas that enhance wireless communication performance based on extensive research and numerous patents.

1. 'Down Under' Tracking Device Gives Performance That's Cut
Above Using Sarantel GeoHelix GPS Antenna.
WELLINGBOROUGH, England -- Sarantel (LSE:SLG):
--NEVE ITS StepLogger uses GPS antenna to provide accurate location
--StepLogger sends SMS message with location details at a touch of a button
--Sarantel antenna chosen for its high sensitivity in near body use, small size and easy integration
into the StepLogger
Sarantel, the leading manufacturer of revolutionary filtering antennas for mobile and wireless
devices, today announces that NEVE ITS Pty. Ltd. of Adelaide, Australia has launched its new
StepLogger personal tracking device, which uses Sarantel's GeoHelix-S GPS antenna.
The StepLogger is a mobile logging and tracking device that uses GPS to provide accurate location,
FLASH memory to store data, and GSM to transmit data and events. At the touch of a button an SMS
message with the exact location can be sent to one or more pre-programmed phone numbers.
Sarantel's GeoHelix antenna was selected for its high sensitivity in near-body use, its small size, and
ease of integration into the StepLogger. These features enable the StepLogger to pinpoint location
to exacting standards in very difficult situations.

2. Chris Wood, Chief Technical Officer of NEVE ITS, said: "The Sarantel GeoHelix GPS antenna
surpassed NEVE's performance and design expectations, allowing us to meet and exceed customer
requirements for a compact, mobile, non-invasive and, importantly, light-weight personal tracking
and logging device. NEVE, when balancing performance and ease of integration, needed an antenna
that provided excellent close-to-body performance and small PCB footprint; the GeoHelix antenna
gave us that."
Joe Murray, President of Sarantel Asia/Pacific added: "We're pleased to have been chosen by NEVE
ITS for this project. Developing the StepLogger required some savvy engineering by the NEVE team,
which included an innovative GPS antenna solution. Sarantel's GeoHelix antenna helped NEVE
overcome the challenges of size, sensitivity, and performance in a multi-radio platform subject to
less-than-ideal user environments."
About Sarantel
Sarantel Limited is a dynamic, growing company that develops and manufactures a new generation
of miniature filtering antennas for wireless communications. Based on 20+ years of research and
development, the company has over 200 worldwide patents covering the design and manufacture of
antennas that provide clear signals and high performance in all conditions of use. The parent
company, Sarantel PLC, is based in Wellingborough, England, with offices in Singapore, New York,
Seattle, and Dallas. It is publicly traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange under the
symbol SLG.
Please visit http://www.sarantel.com for further information.
About NEVE ITS Pty. Ltd.
NEVE ITS Pty. Ltd. delivers products and services that provide solutions to complex real world
problems that cannot be solved in a cost effective manner using unaided GPS technology. NEVE
delivers first class solutions to customers through an active RD program that combines the talents of
world recognized academic institutions with the commercial expertise of a nimble high technology
company. NEVE developed the world's first ERP/GNSS in-vehicle software system for the Hong Kong
Government in 1998, and together with strategic partners Aspect Computing, Advanced Systems
Designs, and South Australia's Institute for Telecommunications Research (ITR) were awarded a
contract to develop a performance specification for the Intelligent Access System (IAS), linking the
drivers of heavy vehicles, transport operators and road authorities throughout Australia.

3. Please visit http://www.neveits.com.
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