The Sarantel PowerHelix antenna technology was selected for, and is being built into, the just-released Iridium 9555 handset. Sarantel develops and manufactures some of the world’s most advanced miniature filtering antennas for mobile, wireless, and handheld devices. Iridium offers mobile satellite services (MSS) with true global, pole-to-pole coverage. The Iridium 9555 represents a step forward in innovation and usability for handsets in the MSS sector. Users will benefit from a host of features that include a brighter screen, speaker phone, short messaging service (SMS) and email capabilities, an upgraded mini-USB data port, an internal antenna, as well as a significantly reduced form factor. The phone is also programmable in 14 languages.