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  OPENWAVE TO ADD IBM® WEBSPHERE® TECHNOLOGY TO MASS MARKET DATA PHONES
 

  Integration Aimed at Improving Data Phone User Experience and Reducing Manufacturer Costs
 
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - May 10, 2004 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the leading provider of open software products and services for the communications industry, today announced that IBM and Openwave are working together to offer WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment, an authorized Java Powered™ product technology, as a pre-integrated component of Openwave® Phone Suite Version 7 (V7). This collaboration aims to offer handset manufacturers new choices for fulfilling mobile operators' requirements for game and application downloads while helping to maximize their performance through tighter integration between Java environments and Openwave client software. The companies are beginning commercial integration efforts now for phones expected to ship in early 2005.

IBM WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment, part of IBM's Workplace Client Technology, Micro Edition family, features a certified implementation of the J2ME™ specifications, specifically the Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) and Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP), which are core market requirements for the majority of mobile phones shipping today. Implementing these Java™ technologies with V7 is aimed at reducing manufacturer phone production costs by reusing software components, improving memory utilization, and reducing the complexity of software integration. The result for mobile operators and their subscribers is lower cost data phones that smoothly integrate the latest features in an easier to use, unified device.

"The poorly integrated nature of today's data phone software results in a poor user experience, unnecessary subscriber confusion, increased costs for manufacturers, and operator revenues that are lower than they could be," said Rob Williams, general manager of the client product group at Openwave. "By more tightly integrating Java technology into V7, Openwave and IBM are working to help solve these challenges."

"The industry continues to demand solutions that simplify the process of building and delivering data phones for manufactures worldwide. Customers also want increased performance for end users of these devices through tighter integration and optimization," said Bruce Morse, Vice President, Business Development, IBM Pervasive Computing. "By integrating IBM WebSphere with Openwave® Phone Suite Version 7, Openwave is helping businesses build these solutions."

About Openwave Phone Suite V7
 
Several leading phone manufacturers have licensed and plan to utilize Openwave Phone Suite V7 in phones scheduled to ship during this year. The suite provides a one stop solution for meeting carrier requirements for browsing, client provisioning, download, digital rights management, multimedia messaging, email, synchronization, file management, device management, instant messaging, and mobile location. V7 also features groundbreaking user interface capabilities allowing operators and manufacturers to harness the power of the phone, innovating on top of core mobile data technologies to deliver custom experiences and new value added data services for end users.

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.

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 ability to successfully partner with other companies; (d) increased global competition; (e) technological changes and developments; and (f) 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.

 
Openwave and the Openwave logo are trademarks of Openwave Systems Inc. Java, Java Powered and J2ME are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

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