Novatel celebrates sale of three millionth MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot with an intelligent rager

SAN DIEGO ­ October 31, 2011 ­ Novatel Wireless, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVTL), a
leading provider of wireless broadband access solutions, today announced
that shipments of its MiFi® Intelligent Mobile Hotspot have surpassed three
million devices since product introduction in 2009.

“Three years ago we introduced the MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot and
revolutionized the best way people access the web, from anywhere, anytime,”
says Peter Leparulo, CEO of Novatel Wireless. “The MiFi system architecture
brought a brand new user-experience to mobile broadband consumers, with one click
connect and no software to put in. It also allows carriers to arrive a
wider, more diverse subscriber base with innovative service opportunities.
We’re very happy to have achieved this milestone ­ illustrating our
significant market and product leadership for mobile hotspots.”

Novatel Wireless invented and launched the MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot
in 2009 and pioneered and created an entire new product category in the
wireless ecosystem. Novatel Wireless owns significant intellectual property
and holds numerous U.S. and international key patents and patent
applications around core elements of the MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot
family of goods.

Since its introduction, Novatel Wireless has commercially launched its MiFi
devices with 25 operators worldwide and has received major industry
accolades for innovation.

“We shall continue to highlight the price that the MiFi experience brings to
users. With the area becoming increasingly connected, there’s opportunity
to enhance the best way we interact with our wireless devices and our connected
experience,” says Rob Hadley, CMO of Novatel Wireless. “We’re very proud of
the support for our MiFi family of goods and should continue to focus on
innovation that has made the emblem what it’s today.”

Novatel Wireless currently holds 35 issued or allowed U.S. patents and 37
filed U.S. patent applications, a few of which it holds or has filed for in
additional patent jurisdictions besides.