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  KDDI UPGRADES TO LATEST OPENWAVE MOBILE BROWSER FOR FIRST MEGAPIXEL CAMERA PHONES
  

  Openwave Continues Leadership in Wap 2.0 for Today's Advanced Handsets
 
TOKYO, Japan and REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - August 18, 2003 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the leading provider of open software products and services for the communications industry, today announced that KDDI, Japan's major total communications operator and ubiquitous solution company, has upgraded to Openwave Mobile Browser Version 6.2 for its first set of EZweb megapixel camera phones. Openwave's client and server WAP 2.0 technology allows KDDI and operators worldwide to support color handsets, innovative applications, and easy access to compelling content - -providing a richer, more appealing end-user experience that has drawn millions of new customers.

Since launching its WAP 2.0 data services in December 2001, KDDI has added more than 7million new subscribers all utilizing Openwave client and server technology to power today's popular EZweb services such as photo messaging, movie messaging, global positioning and gaming. "With Openwave's support, we were able to get to market in time to release the first volume shipped camera phone with over 1 megapixel camera in a very competitive market," said Mr. Toshio Maki, general manager, Product Management Department, Strategic "au" Business Development Division, "au" Business Sector at KDDI. "The new browser's fast performance and superior usability make this product more attractive to consumers. Openwave's continued innovations make them a great strategic partner for us."

"Our long relationship with KDDI has resulted in four versions of our browser in their phones over the past four years. Our technology and product leadership, coupled with local delivery capability, has kept KDDI satisfied and ensured our expanding presence in this important market," said Francis H. Yu, vice president, Device Product Group at Openwave. "Together with KDDI, we are again setting the standard in mobile browsers."

Openwave's WAP 2.0 technology deployed at KDDI includes Openwave® WAP 2.0 Gateway, Openwave Provisioning Manager and Openwave Mobile Browser Versions 6.0 and 6.2. Together, these technologies help to power KDDI's 3G CDMA 2000 1x mobile Internet service called EZweb.

About Openwave Mobile Browser Version 6.2
Openwave Mobile Browser Version 6.2 is the company's latest WAP 2.0 browser. This version features built in MMS client capability to meet additional customer requirements. Other features include streaming media, WAP pictograms, enhancements to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), as well as improved graphical user interface and navigation for consumers. Openwave Mobile Browser has shipped in over 400 million handsets of 47 manufacturers worldwide, providing browser software for 51 percent of all data enabled phones.

About KDDI
KDDI is a total communications operator that aims to be ubiquitous solution company by offering a broad range of services including wireline and mobile communications as well as Internet. With over 17 million mobile phone subscribers, KDDI is rapidly growing and providing customers with information network that can be accessed anytime and from anywhere. www.kddi.com.

About Openwave
 
Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV) is the leading provider of open software products and services for the communications industry, serving more than 70 mobile operators, 47 handset manufacturers and 22 broadband suppliers. Openwave's breadth of products, including mobile phone software, multimedia messaging software (MMS), email, location and mobile gateways, along with its worldwide expertise enable its customers to deliver innovative and differentiated data services. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Openwave has offices in 28 locations and in 14 countries. 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 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; (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 our software; (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; and (g) general risks of the Internet and wireless and wireline telecommunications sectors.

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 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003 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 http://www.openwave.com/. The Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this document.

 
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