Novatel Wireless Selects PocketGear to Power MiFi App Store

Store to Provide Advanced Applications and Widgets for World's First Intelligent Mobile Hotspot

SAN DIEGO, May 6, 2010 - Novatel Wireless, Inc., (Nasdaq: NVTL), a leading provider of wireless
broadband access solutions, today announced that it has selected PocketGear
as a partner to power the MiFi App Store for the MiFi(R) Intelligent Mobile
Hotspot.

"According to recent reports from Ovum
(www.ovum.com/news/euronews.asp?id=8199), 18.7 billion applications
will be downloaded — including free and paid-for apps — by 2014, worth an
estimated US$6 billion," said Rob Hadley, CMO, Novatel Wireless. "The
combination of PocketGear's industry leading open app store and content
marketplace with the innovative MiFi platform provides rapid time-to-market
for an eager community of application developers. We expect that the MiFi App
Store will be a valuable tool for both enterprise and consumer users to
derive additional value and functionality from the MiFi Intelligent Mobile
Hotspot."

The MiFi software platform features advanced functionality that transform
the MiFi from a connectivity device to a full-scale Intelligent Mobile
Hotspot. The MiFi software platform enables any WiFi-enabled device to take
advantage of its applications and its onboard Web server enables the MiFi to
connect to remote data locations, retrieve data and present it to the user
either online or offline. The platform architecture is designed to ensure
that the operator's network is protected, while maintaining the ability for
new applications and services to be field-deployed to increase ARPU.

"The MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot provides an unprecedented platform
for mobile connectivity and application deployment," said Tim Horan, Vice
President of Strategy and Business Development at PocketGear. "Leveraging the
MiFi's processing power, abundant storage capacity, and geographical location
support, Novatel Wireless and its developer partners will provide a plethora
of innovative mobile applications for MiFi users across the globe."

Novatel Wireless is currently working with its technology partners to
create a variety of applications for enterprise users and consumers.

ABOUT POCKETGEAR

PocketGear is the world's largest cross platform, open app store and
content marketplace with a catalog of more than 140,000 paid and free titles
available for discovery and download. To date, PocketGear has generated over
US$400 million in mobile application revenues for the more than 32,000
developers in the PocketGear Developer Program. PocketGear powers storefront
and content solutions for over 40 partners, including 4 of the world's top 5
handset manufacturers, 4 of the top 5 mobile operators in the US, 3 of the
top 10 mobile operators globally, and leading media and ecommerce companies,
including Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson, Research In Motion, Microsoft,
T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon Wireless. In addition, PocketGear operates the
largest network of independent app stores, including Handango.com
(Handango.com/), PocketGear.com (PocketGear.com/), and
Mobile2Day.de (Mobile2Day.de/).

PocketGear is headquartered in Durham, NC with offices in Munich, Germany
and Irving, TX. For more information, please visit www.pocketgear.com

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.

Charlotte Rubin, Novatel Wireless, +1-858-812-3431, pr at nvtl.com; Cara Sloman, Nadel Phelan, +1-831-440-2411, cara at nadelphelan.com, for Novatel Wireless