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  OPENWAVE STRENGTHENS PRODUCT AND SALES EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
  

  Former Nortel and Nokia Executives to Drive New Product Insertions and Extend Global Reach and Sales Execution
 
REDWOOD CITY, CA - August 2, 2007 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the leading independent provider of software products and services for the communications industry, today announced the appointments of John Boden to senior vice president of product management and Michael Wallis-Brown to general manager for the Asia-Pacific region. These additions are part of the company's strategy to deliver sustainable revenue and profit growth by accelerating new product development and deployment globally.

"We are delighted that such seasoned, world-class executives will help us lead the charge in optimizing our product portfolio and deepening strategic customer relationships," said Robert Vrij, president and CEO for Openwave. "John and Michael have deep telecom expertise and experience that will be key drivers as we bring new products to market that capitalize on our incumbency in the mobile and broadband markets."

A 20-year telecom industry veteran, John Boden spent more than 15 years at Nortel driving key strategy initiatives in its wireless, wireline and enterprise groups, including the development of long-term strategy plans for IMS and VoIP. Reporting to CEO Robert Vrij, Boden assumes responsibility for the development and management of Openwave's suite of products and solutions. In this role, he will focus on developing a synergistic product portfolio and direct the product lifecycles and roadmaps for Openwave's core product lines.

Michael Wallis-Brown joins Openwave as general manager of the Asia-Pacific region. Wallis-Brown spent the last 10 years in a variety of key positions with Nokia and IBM, including heading up the global Internet services channel organization for Nokia's Multimedia Business Group. Wallis-Brown will be focused on working with the regional sales and services teams to improve sales and services execution and to further strengthen relationships with key Openwave customers in the Asia-Pacific region. Wallis-Brown will report directly to Hari Haran, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations.

About Openwave
Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV) is one of the world's leading innovators of software applications and infrastructure designed to enable revenue-generating, personalized services, including merchandising and advertising, which converge the mobile and broadband experience across all of a user's devices.

As the communications industry intersects with the Internet, Openwave software enables service providers to converge services, increasing the value of their networks by accelerating time to market and reducing the cost and complexity associated with new service deployment. Openwave's unique product portfolio provides a complete range of service management, messaging, location and client technologies. 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. Notwithstanding changes that may occur with respect to matters relating to any forward looking statements, Openwave does not expect to, and disclaims any obligation to, update such statements. Openwave, however, reserves the right to update such statements or any portion thereof at any time for any reason.

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) the ability to improve sales productivity; (c) the ability to continue to sell our existing products and enhancements; (d) the ability to develop and commercialize new products; (e) 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 (f) increased global competition and pricing pressure on our products.

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, 2006, 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 website at www.openwave.com.

 
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Openwave Systems Inc.
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