Iridium Satellite LLC and Sarantel (AIM: SLG) announce that the Sarantel PowerHelix antenna technology was selected for, and is being built into, the just-released Iridium 9555 handset. Traditionally Iridium has been famous for providing global coverage to places far away from civilization on brick like bulky phones. The company has now tried its best to go slim with the 9555; the phone has managed to reduce 27% of its weight and 30% of its volume. “The ability of Iridium to reduce the antenna size, without sacrificing performance, was a critical design element for this revolutionary new handset,” said David Schoen, chief technology officer, Iridium.
The Iridium 9555 is design to work under the world’s toughest environments. It is also featuring a brighter screen, a speaker phone, improved Short Messaging Service (SMS) and email capabilities, and an upgraded mini-USB data port. The phone claims a standby time of 30 hours with a talk time of four hours. The menu is configurable for 21 different languages, and the address book has been expanded for longer contacts lists. International codes are programmable for automatic dialing, and a help function is built in. The 9555 handset will be available from Iridium service partners starting in November 2008.
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