Novatel Wireless Named One of the Top Five Most Innovative Tech Companies in America by Forbes

SAN DIEGO, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Novatel Wireless (NASDAQ: NVTL), a leading provider of wireless broadband solutions, today references the Forbes article: Which Are The Five Most Innovative Tech Companies in America? naming Novatel Wireless as one of the Top Five Most Innovative Tech Companies in America.

The top five companies were identified as a list of the five companies from the tech sector that score highest on an objective basis based on online references as an innovator or prized for its new products.

"We're very pleased to be included in the Forbes article as one of the top five most innovative tech companies in America," says Peter Leparulo, CEO of Novatel Wireless. "We have been relentless in pushing the pace of innovation in our markets and advancing the industry, from first-to-market with numerous broadband solutions, form factors, and technologies, to the Novatel Wireless MiFi® Intelligent Mobile Hotspot. With our MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot, we created a whole new product category in the wireless ecosystem and we plan to continue to be a key driver of innovation in the wireless industry."

Novatel Wireless designs and develops intelligent wireless solutions based on 2G, 3G and 4G technologies providing wireless connectivity and has recently launched multiple 4G mobile broadband solutions and already won five industry awards, from Editors' Choice distinctions, to "Best of" lists, to awards at major wireless associations and tradeshows, including PC Magazine's Editors' Choice and CTIA Emerging Technology Awards.  Novatel Wireless' Intelligent Mobile Hotspot products, software, USB modems, embedded modules and smart M2M modules provide innovative anywhere, anytime communications solutions for consumers and enterprises.

About Novatel Wireless

Novatel Wireless, Inc. is a leader in the design and development of intelligent wireless solutions based on 2G, 3G and 4G technologies providing wireless connectivity.  The Company delivers specialized wireless solutions to carriers, distributors, retailers, OEMs and vertical markets worldwide. Novatel Wireless' Intelligent Mobile Hotspot products, software, USB modems, embedded modules and smart M2M modules provide innovative anywhere, anytime communications solutions for consumers and enterprises. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Novatel Wireless is listed on NASDAQ: NVTL. For more information please visit www.novatelwireless.com. (NVTLG)

This release may contain forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended to date.  These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties.  A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements contained herein.  These factors include risks relating to technological changes, new product introductions, continued acceptance of Novatel Wireless' products and dependence on intellectual property rights.  These factors, as well as other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, are discussed in more detail in Novatel Wireless' filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (available at www.sec.gov) and other regulatory agencies.

(C) 2011 Novatel Wireless, Inc.  All rights reserved.  The Novatel Wireless name and logo, and MiFi are trademarks of Novatel Wireless, Inc.  Other Company, product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

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