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  OPENWAVE SHOWCASES LOCATION-BASED SERVICES IN THE THIRD ASIA PACIFIC MOBILE LOCATION SERVICES & CONTENT DELIVERY 2002
  

  Openwave Demonstrates Customized Applications for China's Growing Demand for Location-Based Services
 
SHANGHAI, People's Republic of China - August 22, 2002 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the worldwide leader of open IP-based communication infrastructure software and applications, is showcasing and demonstrating location-based services at the Third Asia Pacific Mobile Location Services & Content Delivery 2002 show.

Openwave will demonstrate software applications for both commercial and emergency (E911) location-based services that will help tap new revenue streams through differentiated service offerings based on user location data. Location information allows consumers to receive information and content via their mobile phone based on their current location and provides mobile operators the ability to offer revenue-generating and safety services. China is the world’s largest mobile market with over 176 million mobile subscribers and has an economy that is experiencing sustained growth. Location-based services will be a natural requirement from Chinese operators as consumer demand for sophisticated value- added mobile services rises.

“Openwave’s location based products help unlock the value of a core strategic asset that operators own– the location of their subscribers,” said Don Oas, vice president of Openwave in Asia Pacific. “Openwave’s solution transforms this raw user information into new revenue sources. Globally, location-based services such as mobile emergency services are currently in demand by wireless operators and expected to be early drivers in the adoption of mobile data services.”

Already the world’s largest provider of mobile Internet software, Openwave’s recent acquisition of SignalSoft extends Openwave’s ability to lead the industry in creating a Multi- Service Platform software category that enables operators to deliver multiple types of end-user services. Openwave’s wireless location-based solution includes Friend Finder, which allows subscribers to locate others; InLocation, which allows users to find nearby businesses; SafetyFirst, which routes users to the closest public safety answering point. The wireless application developer community can now develop a richer and more integrated set of applications based on these offerings.

In China, Openwave’s location-based solutions are already in trial or in use. In November 2001, SignalSoft and its Chinese partner, A-INFO Science and Technology Inc. (A-INFO), announced a location-based services trial with Sichuan Mobile Communication Company (Sichuan Mobile). Sichuan Mobile is a subsidiary of China Mobile, the world's second largest wireless telecommunications company. Location-based services were trialed based on Short Message Service (SMS) and voice user interface to Sichuan Mobile subscribers in the Sichuan province of China. The Sichuan Mobile trial utilized SignalSoft's Location Manager™ gateway, Location Studio™ and local.info™ information services products and also included SignalSoft's software customized with A-INFO's local digital map and geocoded contents. In May this year, SignalSoft® Corp., announced its SafetyFirst™ solution was available to provide emergency location services in China through the common single mobile emergency call number (110).

Openwave executives will be delivering the following speeches at the conference

Thursday, 22 August 2002 11:55 A.M.
Diana Zhu, Director - China Sales, SignalSoft/Openwave Corporation
Differences in business models for location services around the world.
Ms. Zhu will describe deployment scenarios for location services around the world, models currently prevalent today in the USA and Europe, strategies of operators in Japan, Korea and China and payment business models and cost recovery mechanisms for these different models.

Friday, 23 August 2002 10:15 A.M.
Roy Kligfield, Vice President Sales - APAC, SignalSoft/Openwave Corporation
Location Middleware
Mr. Kligfield will describe all aspects of location middleware that is required by both mobile operators and by application developers and discuss needs such as management of security, authentication, privacy and tools for creating location applications (SDK).

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) the ability to realize our strategic objectives by taking advantage of market opportunities in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; (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 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; (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 Openwave's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2001, and December 31, 2000, Phone.com’s and Software.com’s most recently filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K, and Phone.com’s registration statement on Form S-4 as filed with the SEC on October 10, 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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For further information:
 
Contact Openwave Worldwide Public Relations

Openwave Systems Inc.
Stephanie Wong
+852 3416-9010
stephanie.wong@openwave.com

Fleishman-Hillard (China)
David T. Oro
+86 10 6597 5256
orod@fleishman.com

  



 
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