Press Release

'UK Innovation - The search is on for the UK's Most Innovative Mobile Company. The winner will be crowned at Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona during February and March 2011.' See www.smartukproject.co.uk

Out of more than 75 applicants for this award, all with their respective innovations, Sequoia has been included in the shortlist of 20 companies to be reviewed at the Pre Mobile World Congress media event at BIS HQ on the 23rd Jan.

What is the Sequoia Technology mobile innovation?
Sequoia Technology's innovation is a GSM gateway design along with a GPRS enabled mini printer to enable detailed and sensitive data, such as individual medical test results to be transmitted to appropriate clinics quickly, completely, with zero loss of data and to any precise location in the world. The innovation incorporates the ability to handshake every printer to server to ensure all data has been passed correctly and completely. The no. of printers that can be handled is infinite ensuring scalability in any application. The innovation also includes the sending database to be able to see the status of all printers, how many messages have been sent and when, how many are pending, which are on-line, how long they have been on line and a geographic map of all printer locations and their instant status. The innovation handles poor power infrastructure well, as happens in remote locations. No data is lost in power out situations.

Where has the innovation been applied?
The Sequoia innovation has been applied very successfully across all maternity clinics (300 plus) in Mozambique, wherever they are in the country, for HIV testing. The vastly speeded up HIV lab test results back to the local clinic has significantly reduced the incidence of HIV pass through from Mother to child. This is by being able to resolve which Mother to be is HIV positive early enough and to be able to treat with AVR as well as being able to test the newborns and have those with HIV treated early. The pre Sequoia innovation lab test routine took up to 6 months to return test results with consequent serious loss of newborn life. Now it is one month or less and

Organisation Profile:
Sequoia has been involved in electronics technology since 1986. Always at the cutting edge of components and design helping customers design in components and subsystems to their end equipment.