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  SANYO EMBEDS OPENWAVE PHONE SUITE VERSION 7 AT HEART OF NEW ORANGE 3G SIGNATURE PHONE
  

  Openwave Phone Suite Deployment Brings a Graphically Rich User Experience and Tightly Integrated Applications to the Sanyo S-750 for Leading European Operator
 
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - November 15, 2004 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the leading provider of open software products and services for the communications industry, today announced its collaboration with Sanyo to deliver a unique user experience on Orange's new 3G Signature phone handset, the Sanyo S-750. Sanyo's deployment of Openwave software includes the market leading Openwave Mobile Browser V7, the latest generation of its market-leading mobile browser, and Openwave Mobile Messaging Client V7, which integrates SMS, EMS and MMS messaging into one highly usable interface.

Openwave Phone Suite Version 7 (V7) incorporates a powerful graphical application framework that integrates the core mobile applications on the phone to deliver a consistent and flexible user experience. With V7, Sanyo's S-750 provides a high degree of integration between key applications, allowing users to move seamlessly and intuitively between functions like browsing, texting and multimedia messaging, and streaming video. V7 also enables Sanyo and Orange to deliver a highly customized user interface across the Mobile Browser and Mobile Messaging Client, reinforcing device identity and service branding.

"The S-750 is Sanyo's first entry to the European 3G market. We chose V7 because it enabled us to achieve the unique look and feel and functionality of this high impact phone quickly, in response to Orange's specific service requirements," said Mr. Masahiro Naito, general manager, overseas mobile phone business unit at Sanyo. "Further, our work on V7 can now be readily reused and modified to meet the evolving service requirements of innovators like Orange."

"Sanyo's deployment of V7 demonstrates the value that manufacturers see in using Openwave client software to promptly address a broad spectrum of custom operator service requirements," said Rob Williams, vice president and general manager of the client product group at Openwave. "V7 gives manufacturers full control of the way in which the applications on their phones look, feel and interact, and is an important part of Openwave's commitment to dramatically enhance the mobile user experience."

"Openwave is delighted that Phone Suite Version 7 will play an integral role in enabling one of the most important 3G phones to be launched in the UK this year," adds Bryan Visser, general manager and vice president, EMEA, Openwave. "With 3G rapidly gaining momentum in Europe, we are proud to support Sanyo in its entry to the market and to help enable better user experiences with 3G mobile services."

The deal reinforces Openwave's position as the leading independent provider of phone software. Openwave MMS software now ships on over 60 different handsets from 20 manufacturers, while the Openwave Mobile Browser has now shipped on over 700 million devices globally. Major handset manufacturers including Motorola, Sagem, Siemens and NEC have all chosen to roll out V7 phones this year, with an additional seven manufacturers currently developing phones for launch in the next 12 months.

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 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) 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; (d) the ability to successfully partner with other companies; and (e) 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 fiscal quarter ended December 31, 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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