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  OPENWAVE & SUN MICROSYSTEMS PARTNER TO MARKET MOBILE DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE TOOLS
  

  Industry Leaders Combine Expertise in Mobile Environments
 
CTIA, LAS VEGAS, Nev. - October 21, 2003 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the leading provider of open software products and services for the communications industry, today announced a joint marketing agreement with Sun Microsystems, Inc. that will allow Openwave to distribute NetBeans open source development technology and a trial version of Sun's Java Studio with the Openwave® Mobile Software Developer Kit. The co-marketing effort is specifically aimed at the ever-expanding mobile development community in order to promote the comprehensive mobile development tools and technologies provided by Openwave, Sun and the NetBeans community.

"With Openwave software in over 400 million mobile phones, this collaboration is ideal for developing applications that can be designed for data-enabled mobile devices," said Gina Centoni, vice president, Openwave Developer Network. "By pairing Openwave's tried and tested Mobile SDK with Java Studio, developers now have an excellent complement of development tools to deliver the application and services for tomorrow's high-function phones."

"For many years Sun has been committed to making the best tools widely available to forward thinking mobile software developers," said Jeff Anders, director of marketing, Java Studio Tools. "By making Openwave Mobile SDK readily available with a trial version of Java Studio, Openwave will enable their developers to increase their effectiveness and pace of innovation for building compelling, Java-based applications that can be deployed to browser-enabled mobile devices."

The powerful combination of Openwave Mobile SDK with NetBeans will make learning and implementing the latest mobile technologies easier. Openwave Mobile SDK provides application developers with a comprehensive collection of development resources that span client to server, including browsing, push, location, multimedia messaging, and other essential mobile technologies. Java Studio, (formerly known as Sun ONE Studio), is a high performance, Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the Java(tm) platform based on NetBeans technology. It provides a comprehensive set of features and functionality that enables the development of applications ranging from desktop to standards-based enterprise-class applications and Web services. For more information, please visit: www.sun.com/developer and www.netbeans.org.

Openwave® Mobile SDK
The Openwave Mobile SDK provides application developers with a comprehensive collection of development resources that span client to server, including browsing, push, location, multimedia messaging and other essential mobile technologies. The Mobile SDK includes the following components: Openwave® Phone Simulator 6.2.2, Openwave® WAP Push Library, Openwave® Location Studio SDK 1.0, Openwave® MMS SDK (MM7) 1.0 and sample code with documentation. Developers can download the SDK for free by visiting http://developer.openwave.com.

About Openwave
 
Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV) is the leading independent provider of open software products and services for the communications industry. 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. Openwave is a global company headquartered in Redwood City, California. For more information please visit www.openwave.com.

 
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