It took awhile, but AT&T
The wireless giant announced that it would begin offering Novatel Wireless'
AT&T is late to the MiFi revolution. Verizon
We know that "unlimited data" and AT&T aren't bedfellows anymore, making the MiFi through AT&T attractive only for the lightest of data sippers. In other words, this won't necessarily dent MiFi's existing wireless carrier partners, but it's also unlikely to be much of a boost.
Novatel has its own challenges these days. Rival Sierra Wireless
The best that Novatel can hope for through AT&T is that it reaches out to green wireless customers that are loyal to AT&T and have no idea that mobile hotspots even exist. Novatel can use the business. Now that the 2009 hype has died down, investors are looking at a company projected to post a wide deficit this year on essentially flat top-line growth.
The AT&T addition may not be much of a market, but it'll have to do now that Novatel has the domestic wireless giants covered.
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