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  OPENWAVE MOBILE SDK NOW AVAILABLE TO MICROSOFT DEVELOPER COMMUNITY
  

  Mobile Application Developers Gain Greater Access To Powerful Tools For Delivering Next Generation Mobile Data Services
 
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - October 28, 2003 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWVD), the leading provider of open software products and services for the communications industry, today announced that Openwave® Mobile SDK can now plug in to the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 development environment. In addition, the Openwave Mobile SDK will be made available on a Microsoft developer training DVD which will be distributed at Microsoft developer events in Europe.

Taking advantage of Openwave's installed base of over 450 million browser-enabled phones, the collaboration between Microsoft and Openwave is expected to give developers greater access to two powerful mobile phone development resources to develop advanced mobile data service and applications for next-generation handsets.

"We are working with Microsoft to bring the Openwave Mobile SDK, which includes our flagship phone simulator, to the large community of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET developers," said Gina Centoni, vice president, Openwave Developer Network. "Because of Openwave's large installed base of browser-enabled phones and Microsoft's leading Visual Studio .NET development environment, we have made it easier for developers to use the Openwave Mobile SDK to build and test mobile applications within Visual Studio .NET."

"Microsoft is pleased that Openwave has enabled the Openwave Mobile SDK to integrate with Visual Studio .NET," said David Lazar, Visual Studio .NET Marketing Director, Microsoft. "This integration will make it simple for developers to build web applications using Visual Studio .NET then test them in Openwave's phone simulators."

Openwave Mobile SDK enables the development of high quality browsing, messaging, and downloadable applications based on the latest mobile technologies. Visual Studio .NET 2003 offers full support for the more than 200 Web-enabled devices, including Website META Language-capable phones, pagers and wireless PDAs via the Microsoft ASP.NET mobile controls, supported in both Visual Studio .NET 2003 and Windows Server 2003, and Windows 2000 platforms.

"As a developer partner of Openwave, we have found that the Openwave Mobile SDK is a valuable testing and development resource for any developer building applications for mobile phones," said David Bluhm, president Americas and executive vice president of business development, Mforma. "Openwave's relationship with Microsoft will improve the development environment for building mobile phone applications."

Currently, the Openwave Mobile Browser can be found in more than 450 million handsets from 47 manufacturers worldwide. Over 650,000 developers have already downloaded the Openwave Mobile SDK to create compelling mobile applications that are compatible with Openwave Mobile Browser. To view a regularly updated list of devices that utilize Openwave Mobile Browser, please visit http://developer.openwave.com/resources/phones.html.

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: OPWVD) 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.

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) 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; (b) the ability to successfully partner with other companies; and (c) 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003, and any 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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