In WiLAN's current normal course issuer bid, WiLAN is permitted to repurchase up
to 5% of its outstanding common shares at November 30, 2011 for cancellation
between December 14, 2011 and March 3, 2012.
The TSX generally permits companies to repurchase up to only 10% of their issued
shares over any 12 month period.

Over the duration of all but one day of this NCIB, WiLAN has been in a normal
quarterly blackout due to its quarter end on December 31, 2011, consequently the
NCIB has been executed by a third party broker based on certain guidelines and
targets that were established prior to the beginning of the blackout on December
16, 2011. These guidelines include daily, weekly, and monthly purchase limits
which cannot be changed during the blackout period as WiLAN itself is an insider
and cannot issue trading instructions during this period. This blackout period
ends with the release of our financial results on March 7th. These blind trading
instructions are put in place to ensure not only an orderly execution of the
NCIB but also to protect the Company's opportunity to continue the NCIB over the
balance of the year should the Board of Directors decide that is an appropriate
allocation of capital.

To date, WiLAN has repurchased 2,502,800 common shares over approximately 2
months representing just over 2% of its outstanding common shares at November
30, 2011, or just over 40% of the total number of shares permitted to be
purchased under the NCIB, all of which shares either have been or will be
cancelled by WiLAN.

Regards,

Tyler Burns
Director, Investor Relations
Wi-LAN Inc. (TSX: WIN) (NASD: WILN)
11 Holland Avenue
Suite 608
Ottawa, Ontario
K1Y 4S1
Tel: 613 688 4330
Cel: 613 697 0367
Fax: 613 688 4894