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  OPENWAVE LAUNCHES NEW COLOR BROWSER FOR MOBILE PHONES
  

  XHTML Makes Games and Multimedia Content Easier to Download and Discover; First Implementation of Openwave® Mobile Browser Version 6.1 on LG LX5350 Handset with Color Screen
 
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Sept. 25, 2002 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the worldwide leader of open IP-based communication infrastructure software and applications, today announced that it has launched its newest version of Openwave Mobile Browser, version 6.1. Providing consumers with an easier way to discover, download and experience new mobile services such as games, ringtones, Java applications and other types of rich content, Openwave Mobile Browser is now available on the PCS Phone by LG Model 5350.

Highly configurable and globally compatible, this latest version builds on last year’s successful release for the Japanese market, which has shipped in more than two million handsets with color screens since its launch nine months ago. Version 6.1 is now being configured to ship in 35 mobile phone models from more than 20 manufacturers in every wireless market around the world.

Openwave Mobile Browser brings new capabilities to consumers, including:
  • Support for animated GIF and color support for all popular image formats, adding to existing capabilities for displaying monochrome GIF, JPEG and other popular image formats
  • Improved WAP Push usability, enabling users to receive notification messages and timely, personalized content in a graphical format and allowing for a greater level of interactivity
  • Autofill, a feature exclusive to Openwave Mobile Browser that remembers and automatically enters URLs, names, addresses - - anything that a user previously typed
  • A “save” feature allowing users to save and organize images and sounds from the web pages they browse, so that content can be used to personalize their phone
  • A “snapshot” feature allowing users to save web pages for later off-line viewing
  • Support for cookies and an authentication “wallet”, making it easier for sites to recognize return customers and enable secure, one-click shopping
  • XHTML and Wireless Cascading Style Sheets (WCSS), part of the WAP 2.0 specification, allowing mobile content to appear in color and in a format more familiar and inviting to subscribers who already use the Web on a PC
“LG has chosen to utilize Openwave Mobile Browser for several of its handsets. The adaptation of Openwave Mobile Browser 6.1 is extremely beneficial because it is feature rich, field-proven and meets Sprint’s requirements while delivering an improved browsing experience to Sprint’s subscribers,” said Curtis Wick, director of product testing and technical support at LG InfoComm U.S.A. “Working closely with the Openwave team early on and leveraging the company’s expertise helped us to deliver the best possible product to our market. “

“Drawing on the popularity and success of our mobile browser technology – which has shipped in 300 million handsets worldwide -- we are helping Sprint and LG deliver an enhanced user experience,” says Thomas Reardon, co-CTO, Openwave. “Consumer adoption of mobile applications rises dramatically with faster networks and color screens. Utilizing our software, the LG 5350 will help spur mobile phone usage beyond voice calls and into data applications.”

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 Openwave Mobile Browser
 
Openwave Mobile Browser version 6.1 is based on standard technologies and supports the WAP 2.0 specification. The browser also supports XHTML Mobile Profile and Wireless Cascading Style Sheets (WCSS) to provide significant benefits for developers by allowing them to use the same content creation tools and utilities they use today for the PC-based web. Enhanced graphical user interface (GUI) features make it easier for application developers to adapt PC-based interfaces to mobile devices. In addition, the enhanced GUI features make Web applications more intuitive to subscribers. Openwave Mobile Browser is available globally and can be used on all carrier networks that utilize industry standards for mobile data. More than 40 manufacturers around the world currently license Openwave Mobile Browser.


About LG InfoComm U.S.A.
 
Headquartered in San Diego, California, LG InfoComm U.S.A., Inc. (LG Mobile Phones), is the North American wireless division of LGE USA, a business unit of LG Electronics of Seoul, Korea. With annual sales of $17.5 billion, LGE employs over 55,000 individuals worldwide and operates research and development, manufacturing, and sales and marketing facilities around the world. LGE was the first manufacturer to commercialize the CDMA digital mobile communication system with its support of the launch of the SK Telecom Network in Korea. LG’s expertise in designing sleek, user-friendly phones has proven wildly successfully in the U.S. market, where the company's market share of all CDMA handsets has grown to 12 percent in just three years. In 2002 LG is planning to further increase this penetration with an aggressive brand campaign and a competitive line of next generation high-speed voice mobile phones. The company is further strengthening its position as a major CDMA handset supplier in the U.S. by developing handsets for CDMA2000 1x wireless networks that will offer high-speed voice and data capacity. For more information please visit at http://www.LGmobilephones.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 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 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 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.


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

For further information:
 
Contact Openwave Worldwide Public Relations

Openwave Systems Inc.
Candace Locklear
+1 650 480 4316
candace.locklear@openwave.com

Openwave (Europe) Limited
Chris Cartwright
+44 20 8600 6729
chrisc@bitecomm.co.uk

LG InfoComm U.S.A., Inc.
Melissa Elkins
+1 858 635 5329
Melkins@LGE.com

  



 
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