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  OPENWAVE NAMES JODY BILNEY AS CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
  

  Verizon and Schwab Marketing Executive to Join Openwave Management Team
 
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - October 6, 2005 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the leading provider of open software products and services for the communications industry, today announced the appointment of Jody Bilney as chief marketing officer of Openwave. Bilney, a marketing veteran with over 20 years' experience, joins Openwave's management team most recently from The Charles Schwab Corp., where she held the position of chief marketing officer. Prior to Schwab, Bilney, served as senior vice president in charge of brand management and marketing communications at Verizon Communications Inc. and president of Verizon's Consumer Markets enterprise.

"I am delighted that Jody has agreed to join Openwave's executive team," said David Peterschmidt, president and chief executive officer of Openwave. "I am confident her deep marketing experience will be invaluable as we continue to help our operator, broadband and MVNO customers deliver high quality services that generate new revenue streams. We are excited to welcome a chief marketing officer of Jody's caliber to Openwave during this period of high growth for the company."

Bilney added: "I am excited to be joining Openwave during such an important time in the communications industry, as we see the market maturing and our customers demanding relevant and sophisticated services to offer the consumer. I am looking forward to combining my experience with Openwave's unique client and server software expertise, to help our customers understand and protect the consumer as well as drive revenue with compelling services that capture new market opportunities."

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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