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Indonesian Mobile Operator XL Selects Insignia for Mobile Device Management SolutionFREMONT, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Jan. 17, 2006 -- Insignia to Provide Advanced Over-the-Air Configuration and Automatic Device Detection Capabilities for GPRS, MMS and Next-Generation Mobile Services Insignia Solutions (NASDAQ:INSG), a leading provider of mobile device management solutions to mobile operators and handset vendors, announced today that PT Excelcomindo Pratama (XL), a leading Indonesian mobile operator, has selected Insignia's Device Management Server (DMS) solutions for over-the-air management of mobile devices on their growing network. Insignia's DMS is an extensible platform that can support all industry standard mobile device management protocols including Client Provisioning, Open Mobile Alliance Device Management (OMA DM), Firmware Over-the-air (FOTA), Device Diagnostics and Alerts. Options include Insignia's Automatic Device Configuration, Insignia's Intelligent Service Creation Environment(TM) (ICE) and Insignia's Web Services Package (WSP). XL has initially launched Insignia's DMS with Client Provisioning and Automatic Device Configuration. Insignia's DMS automatically detects new devices on XL's network, determines the best configuration settings and then provisions these settings over-the-air to the device, ensuring proper setting of the GPRS and other data services. Insignia's solution supports hundreds of popular phone models. "As we move forward with more advanced data services for our subscribers, ease of use is critical to delivering a high-quality user experience. Insignia's DMS with ADC enables us to automatically configure data services for our subscribers making the process transparent and painless. This improves our subscriber's customer care experience while driving higher adoption rates for new services and reducing our support costs by eliminating the need for our call centers to field configuration calls," said Alfred Boediman, VP VAS & New Technology of XL. "As data services evolve, reducing the complexity of deploying these new services for the consumer is critical to the delivery of a positive experience that will result in subscribers using these new services in high numbers. Insignia delivers solutions that takes the complexity out of the configuration and management of data services, while enabling the mobile operator the ability to tailor device configuration to specific customers interests," said Mark McMillan, President and CEO of Insignia Solutions, Inc. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties such as statements regarding Insignia's impact on subscriber experience and utilization of services. Actual results may differ from forward-looking statements discussed above due to a number of risk factors including, but not limited to, XL's successful deployment of Insignia's solutions, Insignia's need for additional capital to sustain operations, Insignia's need to generate significantly greater revenue to achieve profitability, intense competition in our markets and the unpredictability of our revenue. 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 any obligation to update forward-looking statements in this release. About XL PT. Excelcomindo Pratama (XL) is the first private cellular operator in Indonesia, established in November 1995 and started operating commercially on 8 October 1996. XL's core business is Consumer Solutions, offering dual band cellular network through its prepaid calling card Jempol and Bebas, as well as its postpaid card Xplor. XL's corporate solutions division, known as Business Solutions, offers an integrated telecommunication solution for corporate customers, with services that include Leased Line and IP based solutions. In the year 2005, Telekom Malaysia has become one of the major shareholders of the Company, and since September 2005, XL has been listed at the Jakarta Stock Exchange. About Insignia Solutions Insignia enables mobile operators and terminal manufacturers to manage a growing, complex and diverse community of mobile devices. Insignia's products and services radically reduce customer care and recall costs, maintain device integrity, and enable a wide range of new mobile services. This is possible by a complete and evolving standards-based mobile device management suite offering which includes a broad range of protocols supporting current and future devices. 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 the Nasdaq under the symbol INSG. Insignia is headquartered in Fremont, California with research and development and European operations based in the United Kingdom and Sweden as well as regional offices in Geneva, Dallas, Barcelona, Melbourne, Hong Kong and Seoul. Insignia's global customer list includes ACCS, Amena, Axalto, Campuz Mobile, CTBC, Dobson, Huawei, Hutch 3G, I wireless, MTN, New World Mobility, Porta, Telstra, TTPCom and Vodacom. For additional information about Insignia or its products, please visit www.insignia.com. Insignia, Insignia Solutions, and the Insignia Solutions logo are registered trademarks, and Secure System Provisioning, Open Management Client, Dynamic Capabilities and Over-The-Air Repair are trademarks of Insignia Solutions, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |

