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  KDDI ADOPTS OPENWAVE'S WAP 2.0-BASED TOTAL SOLUTION FOR ITS EZWEB MOBILE INTERNET SERVICE
  

  Openwave Takes User Experience to Next Level with New Browser, New SDK and Service Platform for Advanced Networks
 
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - November 12, 2001 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), today announced that the company has delivered a mobile Internet solution based on WAP 2.0 to KDDI Corporation (Head office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, President: Tadashi Onodera) for the deployment of its next generation au service expected to launch in December. The WAP 2.0 specification is the next step in the evolution of the mobile Internet, enabling operators such as KDDI to take advantage of advanced networks and new devices with enhanced graphical user interfaces. As part of its end-to-end solution supporting WAP 2.0, Openwave also announced the availability of Openwave™ Mobile Browser, Universal Edition and Openwave™ SDK, Universal Edition. KDDI’s deployment represents the world’s first commercial service to be based on Openwave’s implementation of the WAP 2.0 specifications.

The Openwave services platform features a standards-based open architecture that allows KDDI to move towards 3G networks while preserving KDDI’s existing investments in HDML content and 2.5G infrastructure through backward compatibility. The infrastructure facilitates the current EZweb offering while concurrently providing the new service-of-choice to KDDI Group’s 8.7 million subscribers. Additionally, the Openwave solution allows KDDI to improve its existing mobile Internet offering by enriching the user’s experience through increased exposure to a broader range of content and services.

“WAP 2.0 is the critical platform technology for us to deliver our next-generation wireless multimedia service, ” said Ikuyoshi Inoue, senior general manager, Service & Product Planning Division at KDDI Corporation. “Openwave has offered us the WAP 2.0-based solution, enabling us to launch the service immediately.”

By adopting the WAP 2.0 specifications that were announced in August 2001, KDDI’s EZweb service has evolved into an open, multi-platform environment that opens the doors for subscribers to a larger world of mobile Internet services including location-based content and downloadable movie clips. A host of over 52 thousand additional mobile web sites and services are now easily accessible to EZweb subscribers. Both the Openwave Mobile Browser, Universal Edition and the Openwave SDK Universal Edition have made it possible for KDDI to expand its commercial offering by enabling the access of mobile web sites previously unavailable to its subscribers.

“au’s next-generation service represents a landmark service in the most advanced mobile Internet market in the world,” said Arata Hirao, general manager of Openwave Japan. “We are honored to be an integral part of KDDI’s efforts in pioneering next generation mobile Internet services.”

To coincide with KDDI’s launch, Openwave is releasing to developers in Japan the Openwave SDK Universal Edition, which supports the anticipated WAP 2.0 standards. WAP 2.0 represents the convergence of WAP & W3C standards, bringing PC Internet standards (XHTML, HTTP, TCP/IP, and TLS) to the mobile Internet. The Openwave software development kit (SDK) provides support for content development with XHTML Mobile Profile and cascading style sheets (CSS) and with legacy mobile standards (HDML, cHTML, and WML).

Openwave Mobile Browser Universal Edition facilitates backward compatibility, enabling long-time subscribers to continue to enjoy their favorite mobile Web sites and services while giving users access to tens of thousands additional sites. Openwave Mobile Browser Universal Edition is the first XHTML Mobile Profile browser to ship commercially supporting the anticipated WAP 2.0 environment. The Openwave Mobile Browser family provides a consistent platform for developers to create applications across multiple devices and networks. Openwave Mobile Browsers can be found today in over 166 million handsets shipped worldwide.


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.

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 associated with the development and licensing of software generally, including potential delays in software development and technical difficulties that may be encountered in the development or use of the Company's software; (b) competition and technological changes and developments; and (c) 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 the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001. 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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