Aspective and Novatel Wireless Team to Offer Businesses Throughout Europe Mobile eBusiness Solutions.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2002 Europe's Leading eBusiness Solution Provider Utilizes Merlin G201 to Connect Businesses to Critical Front Office Applications Novatel Wireless Novatel Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVTL) is a San Diego, California-based designer and manufacturer of wireless broadband access solutions. With European offices in United Kingdom, Germany, and France, Novatel Wireless owns 30 technology patents relating to wireless voice and , Inc. (Nasdaq:NVTL), a leading provider of wireless data access solutions, announced today that it has teamed with Aspective to help offer one-stop mobile eBusiness services throughout Europe. Aspective is Europe's leading eBusiness solution provider with a roster of international customers including Heineken, Pirelli, Electrolux, Janssen-Cilag and Commerzbank. As part of its partnership, Aspective will provide Novatel Wireless' Merlin G201(TM) Wireless PC Card Modem to its corporate customers with its complete wireless eBusiness solutions. The Merlin G201 enables fast, secure transfer of wireless data on GSM/GPRS networks, providing access to email, corporate applications and the Internet using both PCs and PDAs. Aspective is Europe's leading provider of mobile enterprise solutions, offering its clients a complete one-stop-shop for mobile eBusiness services by bringing applications, devices and airtime air·time n. 1. The time during which a radio or television station is broadcasting. Also called airspace. 2. The time at which a radio or television program is broadcast. together under a single contract. It was the first company to deliver eBusiness applications Siebel Wireless and Lotus Domino over the GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. network, providing organizations with continuous wireless access to their key front office applications. "Our service enables corporations to immediately improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their mobile workforce by providing 'always connected' access," said Ewald Weizenbauer, vice president and general manager of Aspective Mobile Enterprise Solutions. "Companies that implement integrated wireless enterprise solutions are putting themselves in a much stronger position to deliver better services to their customers, significantly increase their business efficiency and generate more revenues. To get the most out of wireless initiatives, companies need reliable partners like Aspective and Novatel Wireless to provide superior products and extensive application expertise." "Aspective has been a true pioneer in the wireless world, having created a powerful portfolio of mobile business services specifically designed for organizations that want to provide their mobile workforce with wireless access to key business information, anytime, anywhere," stated Owen Stephenson, chief executive officer of GPRS for Novatel Wireless. "Their vision of a rapidly evolving wireless future is similar to ours and, importantly, they have overcome all the hurdles to provide wireless connectivity to historically LAN-based software tools. We are pleased that they have chosen our products as an important element of their leading solutions and believe this is an endorsement of the strength of our technology." About Aspective Aspective is Europe's leading eBusiness solution provider, specializing in 'front office' applications for sales, marketing and customer service. Through its three divisions -- Consulting, Managed Services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality and Mobile Enterprise Solutions -- Aspective offers its clients a unique portfolio, covering strategic consultancy and implementation services through to a complete end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. - developed, hosted, managed, maintained and supported for a fixed monthly fee throughout the project lifecycle. Aspective employs 200 people across Europe and has strategic partnerships with Siebel Systems Siebel is a brand name of Oracle Corporation. Siebel Systems, Inc., founded by Thomas Siebel in 1993, was principally engaged in the design, development, marketing and support of CRM applications. , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Cable & Wireless, BroadVision, Actuate and ViryaNet. For more information, visit www.aspective.com. About Novatel Wireless, Inc. Novatel Wireless, Inc. is a leading provider of wireless data modems and software for use with handheld computing devices and portable personal computers. The company delivers innovative and comprehensive solutions that enable businesses and consumers to access personal, corporate and public information through email, enterprise networks and the Internet. Novatel Wireless also offers wireless data modems and custom engineering services for hardware integration projects in a wide range of vertical applications. The Novatel Wireless product portfolio includes the Minstrel(R) Family of Wireless Handheld Modems, Merlin(TM) Family of Wireless PC Card Modems, Sage(R) Wireless Serial Modems, Lancer 3W(TM) Family of Ruggedized Modems and Expedite(TM) Family of Wireless Embedded Modems. Headquartered in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. , Novatel Wireless is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. (Nasdaq: NVTL). For more information, please visit the Novatel Wireless web site: www.novatelwireless.com or call 888/888-9231. Note to Editors: The Novatel Wireless logo, Merlin, Merlin G201, Minstrel, Sage, Lancer 3W and Expedite are trademarks of Novatel Wireless, Inc. Minstrel and Sage are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All other brands, products and company names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective holders. 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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. These factors include risks relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc technological changes, 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 and other regulatory agencies. |
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