Insignia ICE to Be Launched at 3GSM World Congress; Rules Engine Drive

    Business Editors/High-Tech Editors
    3GSM World Congress 2005

    CANNES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2005--Insignia Solutions(R) (NASDAQ:INSG) today announced that it is launching a fundamentally new way of managing mobile devices named ICE -- Intelligent service Creation Environment -- at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France on February 14. Insignia ICE(TM) enables Operators to quickly build and deploy intelligent workflows that use a powerful rules engine to personalize the enablement of mobile services and automate diagnostic and multi-step device management functions.
    This news complements the news of February 10, when Insignia announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire mi4e Device Management AB, a private company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. mi4e is a leading provider of client provisioning device-management software and services to mobile operators, virtual operators and value-added service providers. This acquisition enables Insignia to offer a more complete solution to mobile network operators and handset manufacturers. Insignia also announced on February 10th that it has entered into a new $12 million securities subscription agreement with Fusion Capital LLC, with an option for a second $12 million tranche of equity financing at the company's sole discretion.
    Insignia ICE provides a visual Workflow Studio and Rules Studio for a drag and drop environment that eliminates the need for the costly re-programming and re-deployment of competitive systems. Insignia ICE will be available as part of the Insignia Secure System Provisioning v2 offering, a comprehensive device management system that supports the latest OMA-DM standards as well as hundreds of today's phone models.
    "Insignia ICE brings sophisticated rules engine intelligence to mobile device management," said Peter Bernard, Chief Product Officer, Insignia. "This not only makes today's offering from Insignia extremely valuable for a wide range of configuration, activation, and repair functions, but it also provides a platform for the future to enable a whole new set of capabilities for mobile operators."
    With Insignia SSP v2 and ICE, operators can create intelligent workflows that use rules to make decisions about how to repair, configure, or upgrade specific phones based on a wide range of external data, including model information, billing information, demographics, network alerts, fraud detection systems, or other factors. These workflows can weave together many individual device management functions that have traditionally required single-step, manual execution by the operator, allowing the operator to deliver increased customization and efficiency to users.
    The inventory of available jobs to be used in these intelligent workflows will increase over time as Insignia incorporates third party functionality and supports new industry standards from the OMA, OSGI, JCP and other standards bodies. This provides Insignia's customers with virtually unlimited extensibility.
    Insignia SSP v2 with ICE brings a fundamentally new level of capabilities to mobile device management systems. For example, it is the ideal vehicle to launch sophisticated diagnostics, taking input in real-time from the network and phone and intelligently repairing or notifying other systems. It also provides a powerful vehicle for phone personalization, downloading new user interfaces and configuring mobile services based on demographic information upon activation.

    About Insignia Solutions

    Insignia provides an essential ingredient to mobile operators and terminal manufacturers by enabling intelligent mobile device management to a growing complex and diverse community of mobile devices. Insignia's customers include mobile operators such as Amena, 3, Telstra, Peppar, Dobson, New World Mobility, Braval, ACCS, Vodacom and many others. Insignia's products and services radically reduce operational costs and provide a wide range of revenue generating personalization and mobile services enablement. Founded in 1986, Insignia has a long history of innovation, stewardship of major industry standards, and the trust of dozens of manufacturers around the world. Insignia Solutions is traded on Nasdaq under the symbol INSG. The company is headquartered in Fremont, California with R&D and European operations based in the United Kingdom. For additional information about Insignia or its products please visit http://www.insignia.com.

    Insignia, Insignia Solutions, and the Insignia Solutions logo are registered trademarks and Secure System Provisioning, Insignia ICE, Intelligent Service Creation Environment, Open Management Client, are trademarks of Insignia Solutions, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    The statements in this press release relating to matters that are not historical are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. This release includes forward-looking statements that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those referred to in the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, Insignia's need for additional capital to sustain operations, Insignia's reliance on the successful introduction of its Secure System Provisioning ("SSP") product line, Insignia's need to generate significantly greater revenue to achieve profitability and Insignia's liquidity and capital needs. Further details on these and other risks are set forth in Insignia Solutions' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q. These filings are available on a website maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov. Insignia Solutions does not undertake an obligation to update forward-looking or other statements in this release.

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CONTACT: Insignia Solutions Patti Gatto, 510-360-3700 (Public Relations) patti.gatto@insignia.com or Financial Dynamics Teresa Thuruthiyil, 415-439-4500 (Investor Relations) insignia@fd-us.com

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