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  NEW ZEALAND'S XTRA LTD SELECTS OPENWAVE FOR ITS INTERNET MESSAGING SOLUTION
  

  Openwave® Email Mx is the Foundation for Xtra's Next Generation Messaging Services
 
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and AUCKLAND, New Zealand - July 31, 2002 -- – Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the worldwide leader of open IP-based communication infrastructure software and applications, today announced that Xtra Limited (“Xtra”), a subsidiary of Telecom New Zealand and the country’s leading Internet service provider has selected Openwave® Email Mx, to power its email service and the next generation of Xtra’s messaging services.

“We are honored that Xtra has selected Openwave to meet Xtra’s messaging needs. Email is increasingly becoming the communication tool of choice for both business and personal use, and a critical part of any Internet service provider’s product range. Our track record proves that Openwave can deliver a platform that has the ability to meet Xtra’s exacting demands for quality, economics and reliability,” said Mike Mulica, senior vice president, Office of Customer Operations for Openwave. “The extension of our relationship with Xtra further reinforces our position in the New Zealand market and is a reflection of the global momentum that is taking place in Internet messaging services”

“Openwave’s messaging software has allowed us to continue meeting the demands of New Zealanders for robust and reliable messaging services. We have seen huge growth in the size and amount of email sent across our network. Over three and a half million messages are sent and received by Xtra’s customers everyday, and there’s no sign that the growth in email traffic is slowing. We’ve invested in Openwave Email Mx to enable us to deliver value to our customers and to develop next generation service that will benefit our end users,” said Shane Ohlin, CIO, Xtra.

Email Mx is the foundation for the Messaging Suite layer of the Openwave Services OS™ suite and extends the flexibility, performance and reliability of desktop Internet access to emerging data, telephone, and wireless markets. Email Mx delivers carrier-class messaging with massive scalability, uncompromised performance and a host of features designed to ensure reliable operation, smooth administration, and integration with existing systems and services. Email Mx also offers end users a seamless environment for messaging across multiple devices combined with the latest features such as Short Message Service (SMS) notification.


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 Xtra
 
A wholly owned subsidiary of Telecom Corporation of New Zealand, Xtra Limited is New Zealand's leading provider of innovative Internet services that help people and businesses connect with each other and the world. Xtra also delivers New Zealand's most popular Web services to consumers and digital marketing solutions to advertisers through the Web site xtramsn.co.nz.

For more information, please visit http://xtra.co.nz/media


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) 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; (c) the ability to successfully partner with other companies; (d) competition and technological changes and developments; (e) general risks of the Internet and wireless and wireline telecommunications sectors; and (f) 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 31, 2001, and March 31, 2002. All documents 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.


 
Openwave, the Openwave logo and Services OS are trademarks of Openwave Systems Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

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Contact Openwave Worldwide Public Relations

Fleishman-Hillard Stratcom
Simon Schweigert
+ 61 2 9956 8000
schweigs@fleishman.com

Openwave Systems (HK) Ltd
Stephanie Wong
+852 3416 9010
pr.asia@openwave.com

  



 
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