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  OPENWAVE EXPANDS EMEA OPERATIONS WITH VODACOM WIN
  

  Openwave To Manage And Maintain Vodacom's MMS Messaging And WAP Infrastructure
 
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - August 23, 2005 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the leading provider of open software products and services for the communications industry, today announced that it has signed a three-year managed services deal with Vodacom, South Africa's leading mobile operator.

Under the terms of the agreement Openwave will take over management and maintenance of the Openwave® Mobile Access Gateway (MAG), Multimedia Messaging Services Center (MMSC) and Location Based Services platform in the Vodacom network.

"Following the introduction of Vodafone Live! and other 3G services there has been a rapid increase in mobile data usage across South Africa. We expect this growth to continue and are taking steps to ensure that our customers enjoy the best user experience possible," said Mr. Johan Engelbrecht, Managing Executive: Engineering, Vodacom. "Openwave's proven expertise and deep industry experience in developing and deploying mobile data services made it the obvious choice."

"By taking managed services support alongside its existing Openwave product set, Vodacom is placing itself in a position whereby it can best ensure the highest levels of performance and reliability," said Bryan Visser, Vice President and General Manager EMEA, Openwave. "Migration to managed services is a growing trend and we are seeing a great deal of interest from customers looking to adopt this model. We are delighted to announce Openwave's first contract of this type in EMEA."

Openwave's managed services deal encompasses management and maintenance of two of Openwave's flagship products, the Openwave MMSC and MAG.

Openwave MMSC enables operators to rapidly launch and continuously offer highly differentiated and successful MMS services including those with rich audio and video content that drive significant revenue in the 3G world. This mobile messaging infrastructure from Openwave fully supports the Vodafone Live! program providing a sophisticated end-user experience to the Vodacom subscriber base.

Openwave MAG is the most established, interoperable and standards-compliant WAP gateway supporting all new WAP handsets entering the market. Openwave MAG is already part of the infrastructure at more than 70 communication service providers representing more than 40 million subscribers around the world.

Openwave's broad portfolio of products enables mobile operators to offer innovative, differentiated data services to subscribers. Its technology and products are open, modular and standards-based, designed to work with any device and all types of mobile data services. Openwave is committed to helping operators bring the full spectrum of high-quality mobile capabilities to subscribers through the mass-market phone.

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; and (d) 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, 2004, 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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