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  TELESP CELULAR SELECTS OPENWAVE'S MOBILE INSTANT MESSAGING
  

  Openwave and Telesp Celular Partner to Continue to Drive Mobile Internet Adoption in Brazil
 
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - July 23, 2002 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the worldwide leader of open IP-based communication infrastructure software and applications, today announced that Telesp Celular (NYSE: TCP), South America's largest wireless Internet carrier, has officially selected Openwave to provide an integrated WAP, SMS, and Web Instant Messaging service to their subscribers. Openwave® Mobile Instant MessagingTM is a fun, easy to use messaging service that lets users build wireless communities, participate in chats, locate and communicate with their buddies using mobile phones, PCs and other wireless devices. Telesp Celular has licensed the Openwave Mobile Instant Messaging solution to work in combination with the latest version of the Openwave Mobile Access Gateway, to provide their wireless subscribers on both their 2G and 2.5G networks with an easy to use communications experience accessible from multiple devices.

Telesp Celular continues to have one of the most rapid mobile Internet adoption rates of any carrier in the world, with over 20% of their subscriber base using wireless data services. Messaging services are emerging as core applications driving mobile data services and are generating over one third of Telesp's current WAP traffic.

The Telesp Celular deployment of Openwave's Mobile Instant Messaging will deliver interactive messaging with always-on capabilities, presence and an intuitive mobile instant messaging experience across various devices. The messaging service will be a key part of the new marketing campaign launched by Telesp Celular that targets the teen market, called "Coisa pra juntar a galera" (a slang term used by teenagers in Brazil meaning "How to get the whole gang together"). Openwave Mobile Instant Messaging will also compliment the messaging services available today for existing legacy SMS, as users can receive and update their buddy lists and modify their status from those devices.

"We selected Openwave's Mobile Instant Messaging technology because it provides an excellent mobile experience for the end user, has proven its success at other carriers in the world, and could be the killer application for the teen market on which we are now focusing," said Luis Avelar, vice president wireless data and wireless internet at Telesp Celular. "By assisting us in delivering innovative IP-based messaging services to end-users through many devices, and thus allowing us to maintain our position as Latin America's leading mobile Internet services provider, Openwave remains a valuable partner to Telesp Celular."

The Openwave Mobile Instant Messaging product, as a component of the Openwave Messaging Services suite, enables carriers to provide subscribers with an excellent communications experience. Openwave's highly scalable messaging product line allows operators to benefit from the standards-based, extensible infrastructure that is easily integrated with existing systems and is compatible with future networks.

"Telesp Celular has an excellent understanding of customer needs. They have realized the importance of mobile instant messaging as a killer mobile application driving end-user adoption in Latin America," said Raul Rodriguez, Openwave's Latin American vice president, "We look forward to partnering with Telesp Celular to establish solutions that will continue to move the industry forward."

Telesp Celular, based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, originally licensed the Openwave Mobile Access Gateway in May 2000 to launch their first mobile data services, and continues to power their wireless networks with the latest version of the Mobile Access Gateway.


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 Telesp Celular
 
Telesp Celular S.A., owned by Telesp Celular Participações S.A., (NYSE: TCP; BOVESPA: TSPP3 (Ord), TSPP4 (Pref)) ("TCP"), is a Portugal Telecom Group company, the leader in Mobile Telephony and Mobile (Pocket) Internet in South America, which has more than 5.4 million subscribers. The pioneer in providing High Speed Mobile Internet solutions, Telesp Celular launched its 2.5G Network in December of 2001. This service launched just after pre-paid services, SMS and international roaming, among others, to reinforce the company values, and its innovation. Telesp Celular is the largest cellular operator in Brazil, with 66 percent of market share in its coverage area, the State of Sao Paulo, which covers more than 98 percent of the population in 467 cities.


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) the ability to realize our strategic objectives by taking advantage of market opportunities in the Americas, Europe including the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific region; (b) 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; (c) risks associated with the success of the GSM Association's Mobile Service Initiative; (d) 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; (e) the ability to manage the Company's growth; (f) the ability to continue to obtain qualified, experienced employees; (g) the ability to successfully partner with other companies; (h) the ability to acquire additional companies and technologies and integrate such acquisitions; (i) competition and technological changes and developments; (j) general risks of the Internet and wireless and wireline telecommunications sectors; and (k) the uncertain economic and political climate in the United States and throughout the rest of the world and the potential that such climate may deteriorate further.

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 and the Company's quarterly reports on form 10Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2001,December 3, 2001, and March 31, 2002. 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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