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  TMN SELECTS SIEMENS FOR WAP LAUNCH USING OPENWAVE'S PLATFORM
  

  The first Mobile Operator to introduce WAP- Services to Portugal
 
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - December 11, 2000 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the combination of Phone.com and Software.com, today announced that it has been chosen along with Siemens to implement Portugal's first commercial WAP-based (Wireless Application Protocol) platform. Siemens is providing a WAP-based global solution to TMN, the mobile operator with the largest subscriber base in Portugal. Siemens is using the Openwave™ WAP-compatible UP.Link™ Server Suite, enabling TMN to provide new wireless Internet services to its mobile customers throughout Portugal. TMN's service was commercially launched earlier this year.

The new TMN services will be accessed through mobile phones equipped with a WAP-compatible microbrowser such as the Openwave UP.Browser® microbrowser. Through the combination of microbrowser technology and Openwave's UP.Link Server Suite, TMN's mobile customers will be able to access to a wide range of TMN's Internet based services such as travel information, news, electronic customer care, and email. TMN's WAP-based information services will also be combined with other Intelligent Network services to complement GSM Phase 2+ and GPRS data service enhancements.

"Openwave software delivers a WAP-compatible platform with powerful services like PIM (Personalized Information Management) Applications," said Eduardo Cláudio, divisional Director of Internet Business of TMN. "As we deploy WAP-microbrowser-enabled handsets, we expect to see a tremendous growth in services and use of the network."

"Openwave's expertise in WAP working together with Siemens Portugal's software Mobile Data Competence Center delivered a tailored solution to market very quickly for TMN," said Leonor Almeida, manager of Siemens' Mobile Data Professional Service Center Level 2 for South Europe and Latin America. "European companies are leading the world with innovative, web enabled cellular services and through Siemens' alliance with Openwave it's possible to deliver quality solutions quickly for operators like TMN."

"TMN's desire to maintain a leadership position in the GSM world, combined with Openwave's innovative WAP product line, will form a solid foundation for a wealth of advanced services and applications for the Portuguese public," said Mike Mulica, senior vice president of Sales, Consulting and Support at Openwave. "This is another example of Openwave leadership in the GSM market - with accelerated time to market, innovative features, reliability and scalability."

The UP.Link Server offers GSM network operators such as TMN a complete WAP-based solution to enable their subscribers to gain access to Internet-based content and applications. The Openwave UP.Link Server Suite is in its fourth generation, providing a scalable and robust implementation of the WAP protocol suite. Since 1997, Openwave's solutions have been licensed to over 83 of the world's leading operator networks.

Wireless Application Protocol is an open, global specification that empowers mobile users with wireless devices to easily access and interact with information and services. Openwave (as Phone.com) was a founding member of the WAP Forum, the industry association comprising over 630 member companies. The forum has developed the de-facto world standard for wireless information and telephony services on digital mobile phones.


About Openwave
 
Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV) is the worldwide leader of open IP-based communication infrastructure software and applications. Openwave is a global company headquartered in Redwood City, California. For more information, please visit www.openwave.com.

About TMN
 
TMN Telecomunicações Móveis Nacionais S.A., a Portugal Telecom company, was formed on 22 March 1991, to operate and develop the mobile phone service, introduced by the public telecommunications operators in 1989. GSM 900 technology was launched on 8th October 1992. In 1998, TMN began to install and operate DCS 1800 Radio technology.

The launching of MIMO, in 1995, took the mobile phone market by storm. This new prepaid product was exactly what the market was looking for. It was based on a pioneering and very simple concept of "Easy to buy. Ready to use," a concept soon adopted by other domestic and overseas mobile operators.

TMN has also a dynamic approach to pricing. Tariffs have been significantly reduced, new time bands and billing by the second after the first minute were introduced and connection charges eliminated.

During the year 2000, TMN launched WAP technology, obtained APCER Certification (ISO 9001) - being the first mobile communications company in Portugal to obtain such a certification. TMN is now testing its GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) system, which will soon be commercially launched. With 2,830,000 subscribers at the end of the third quarter of 2000, TMN is the market leading mobile phone operator in Portugal with close to 48% market share. Further information can be found on the Internet at www.tmn.pt.


About Siemens - Information and Communication (IC)
 
The Information and Communications business segment is part of Siemens (800 employees in Portugal), a global powerhouse in electrical engineering and electronics and consists of the three groups Information and Communication Networks, Information and Communication Products and Siemens Business Services. As a Solution Provider of voice, data, and mobile radio networks, IC has a comprehensive product portfolio - producing and supplying complete systems, enterprise products, switching and transmission equipment - and many years of consulting experience in planning, setting up, and operating networks.

Within its overall strategy of "Convergence - Creating A Universe of One" the Siemens - Information and Communication group is pursuing three main initiatives for the next generation of communication: innovation in IP-driven voice and data communications, evolution from GSM to third-generation mobile voice, data networks and applications; and customer-oriented end-to-end solutions and service/integration support for future customer requirements.

Siemens provides products and tailor-made solutions, which ensure problem-free Internet traffic and the integration of different networks into one convergent network, utilizing legacy network infrastructures.

Siemens is a provider of complete GSM systems. This is made possible by the broad product portfolio, from manufacturing to delivering turnkey solutions, mobile devices, switching stations and transmission systems. Siemens also offers comprehensive experience in planning, building and operating GSM systems. As a worldwide leader, Siemens has already provided GSM systems to more than 140 network operators in over 70 countries. Further information can be found on the Internet at: Siemens - Information and Communication (IC) www.siemens.com/ic/networks.


Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
 
This release contains forward-looking statements relating to expectations, plans or prospects for Openwave Systems Inc. that are based upon the current expectations and beliefs of Openwave's management and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward looking statements. In particular, the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements: (a) risks specifically associated with the integration of the businesses of Openwave and Software.com and the ability to achieve the expected benefits of the merger, including, those risks associated with the ability to (i) integrate effectively the two companies' product lines, technology, operations and personnel, (ii) take advantage of cross-selling opportunities and product and market synergies, (iii) retain key officers and employees, and (iv) effectively manage a larger more geographically dispersed organization); (b) the ability to realize our strategic objectives by taking advantage of market opportunities in the Americas, Europe and the Middle including East and Asia; (c) the ability to make changes in business strategy, development plans and product offerings to respond to the needs of our current, new and potential customers, suppliers and strategic partners; (d) the ability to manage the company's growth; (e) the ability to continue to obtain qualified, experienced employees; (f) the ability to successfully acquire additional companies and integrate such acquisitions; and (g) competition and technological changes and developments; and (h) general risks of the Internet and wireless and wireline telecommunications sectors.

For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements, please refer to the risk factors discussed in filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including but not limited to Openwave's and Software.com's respective Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000, Openwave's and Software.com's most recently filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K, and Openwave's registration statement on Form S-4 as declared effective on September 28, 2000. All documents also are available through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov or from Openwave's Web site at www.openwave.com. The Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this document.


 
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