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  OPENWAVE'S MESSAGING SUITE AND PUSH TECHNOLOGIES DRIVE A 93 PERCENT INCREASE IN WIRELESS DATA USAGE FOR SOUTH AMERICA'S LARGEST WIRELESS CARRIER
  

  Telesp Celular Reports Eight Percent of Revenues Initiated From Data-Enabled Phones are Driven by Mobile Data Services
 
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Dec. 5, 2002 -- Don Listwin, president and CEO of Openwave Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: OPWV), the leading independent provider of open software products and services for the mobile communications industry, delivered a keynote address on Wednesday, December 3rd to attendees of the 2002 CDMA Americas Congress. He outlined Openwave's vision for improving the usability of mobile data for consumers and challenged the industry to provide a single, integrated experience for text, multimedia and voice messaging.

During his keynote, Listwin also noted the struggles in the wireless sector, but remains confident about the future. Just yesterday, Listwin was quoted in the Financial Times stating, "For the first time in two years, carriers are marketing their data services globally again and we expect this continue into 2003." In Listwin's view, "... consumers' evolving lifestyles continue to create demand for mobile data services. We have seen the enthusiastic adoption of wireless data services in Japan and throughout Asia. We are beginning to see early adoption in North America and South America."

Highlights of Listwin's comments include:
  • Openwave's IP (products) and IQ (expertise) are helping drive the CDMA industry to deliver differentiated services. For example, as announced Tuesday, Openwave's messaging and push technologies helped CDMA operator Telesp Celular to drive a 93 percent increase in data usage.
  • The browser is the foundation for ease of use on mobile phones and will lead consumers to experience multiple data services in a simple and entertaining way. Listwin used the analogy of cars and trucks, citing the demand for both mobile phones and PDAs. According to Gartner Dataquest, mobile phone shipments will reach 435 million this year, and PDAs only 15 million. This is one of the reasons Openwave's focus will remain on mass-market mobile phones.
  • With the arrival of integrated camera color phones in nearly every market, photo messaging will be a main driver of mobile data with widely adopted use outside of Japan. Many other keynote speakers shared this perspective during the 2002 CDMA Americas Congress.
Listwin will present his next keynote address during 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France on Monday, February 17, 2003.

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) the willingness of communication service providers to invest and improve their data networks; (d) the ability to successfully partner with other companies; (e) increased global competition; (f) technological changes and developments; (g) general risks of the Internet and wireless and wireline telecommunications sectors; and (h) 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, 2002 and subsequently filed reports. 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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