Sarantel Group PLC
26 July 2005


For immediate release                                               26 July 2005

                               Sarantel Group PLC

                  Military equipped with Sarantel GPS Antenna

Sarantel Group plc ("Sarantel"), the leading manufacturer of revolutionary
filtering antennas for wireless devices, today announces that Encore Software of
Bangalore, India will use Sarantel's GeoHelix GPS antenna in its new Saathi PDA
for the Indian Army. The Sarantel GPS antenna ensures that every Indian soldier
with a Saathi has optimum GPS reception across all environments and locations.

The Saathi is a robust tactical GPS enabled PDA with integrated radio and a
customised GIS application for displaying military maps and location of other
devices. Weighing 875 grams, the Saathi can easily fit into a soldier's palm and
also has a remotely operated self-destruction and activation feature for
preventing misuse by unauthorised persons.

Encore Software integrated Sarantel's high performance miniature GPS antenna in
the Saathi to ensure soldiers have stable GPS reception in unstable conditions
i.e near people or other electronics in the radio. While conventional antennas
de-tune and become inefficient when in contact with RF-absorbing materials like
the soldier's hand or head, Sarantel's GeoHelix GPS antennas stay on frequency
regardless of how they are used.

The Sarantel antenna also works in random orientations because of the antenna's
omni-directional capability. This important capability removes the burden on
soldiers to think about orienting the Saathi in order to achieve reliable
performance.

Mr. Mark Mathais, President of Encore Software Mobile Computing Products says:
"The Sarantel GeoHelix antenna is the only antenna we could source for use on
the Saathi. A patch antenna was not acceptable to the customer."

David Wither, CEO of Sarantel commented: "The Saathi is the first time the
Sarantel GPS antenna has been used in a large scale military application. GPS is
an invaluable tool for the soldier. The Sarantel GPS antenna provides
exceptional reception in extreme conditions and enables Indian soldiers to carry
out their duties without having to worry about GPS performance."

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For further information please contact:

Sarantel Group PLC                                              www.sarantel.com
David Wither, CEO/Sitkow Yeung, CFO                                 01933 670560

Smithfield                                                         020 7360 4900
Sara Musgrave/Sarah Richardson

Notes to editors

About Sarantel

Sarantel designs, manufactures and sells patented, ceramic, filtering antennas
for use in portable wireless devices such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs),
laptops and Third Generation (3G) mobile devices. Its current focus is on
producing antennas for the Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) market which allow
a clearer signal than conventional antennas whilst reducing the amount of energy
absorbed by the body by approximately 90 per cent. The antennas simplify system
design, thus allowing design standardisation and reduced time to market and cost
for manufacturers.

As well as GPS, Sarantel's antenna technology is capable of servicing multiple
emerging high volume markets such as Wi-Fi, 3G, Satellite Radio and Bluetooth.
These markets are expected to be key in the future success of mobile network
operators and device manufacturers. Sarantel's antennas significantly improve
the performance of wireless systems by increasing the range and effective
bandwidth. Sarantel is planning to commence high volume delivery of its antennas
into the satellite radio market within the next 12 months.

Sarantel listed on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange, on 2nd
March 2005 at an issue price of 82p. Sarantel is included in the IT Hardware
sector (93) within the Telecommunications equipment sub-sector (938) and has a
RIC code of SLG.L

About Encore Software

Encore Software is a Bangalore based technology developer operating in the areas
of DSP and Embedded Systems. Encore licenses its DSP based modems, speech coders
and VoIP protocols to some of the world's leading semiconductor and
telecommunication equipment manufacturers. For more information please visit
www.ncoretech.com.



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