Novatel Wireless MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot Wins GSMA Global Mobile Award for Best Mobile Connected Device

Industry's First Intelligent Mobile Hotspot Recognized at Mobile World Congress 2010

SAN DIEGO, February 22, 2010 - Novatel Wireless (Nasdaq: NVTL), a leading provider of wireless broadband
solutions, is pleased to announce that its MiFi(TM) Intelligent Mobile
Hotspot has won the GSMA Global Mobile Award for Best Mobile Connected Device
(non-handset). The GSMA Global Mobile Awards is the mobile industry's leading
annual award presentation that honors excellence and innovation in the mobile
communications industry worldwide.

The MiFi platform represents the industry's first Intelligent Mobile
Hotspot, a new category of mobile broadband that lets users put their world
of content, services and connectivity in their pocket. Unlike existing router
solutions that require an external broadband modem and serve only to provide
connectivity, the MiFi platform creates a personal cloud of high-speed
Internet connectivity that can be easily shared between multiple users and up
to five Wi-Fi devices such as laptops, cameras, gaming devices and multimedia
players. The MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot serves as an intelligent, open
platform capable of hosting advanced software applications and flexible
enough to address the continued evolution of mobile broadband.

"We are delighted and honored that GSMA has chosen the MiFi platform as
the Best Mobile Connected Device at Mobile World Congress," said Rob Hadley,
CMO, Novatel Wireless. "As we continue to expand the capabilities of our
product line, this recognition validates our ongoing commitment to developing
the most advanced connectivity solutions in the market."

ABOUT NOVATEL WIRELESS

Novatel Wireless, Inc. is a leader in the design and development of
innovative wireless broadband access solutions based on 3G and 4G wireless
technologies. Novatel Wireless' Intelligent Mobile Hotspot products,
software, USB modems and embedded modules enable high-speed wireless Internet
access on leading wireless data networks. The Company delivers specialized
wireless solutions to carriers, distributors, OEMs and vertical markets
worldwide. 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) 2010 Novatel Wireless. All rights reserved. The Novatel Wireless name
and logo and MiFi are trademarks of Novatel Wireless, Inc. Other product or
service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

Julie Cunningham of Novatel Wireless, +1-858-431-3711, pr at nvtl.com; or Cara Sloman of Nadel Phelan, +1-831-440-2411, cara at nadelphelan.com, for Novatel