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  OPENWAVE ANNOUNCES NEW PERSONALIZED DASHBOARD
  

  Latest Version of Openwave's Rich Mail Solution Designed for Mobile and Broadband Operators Offering Users a Centralized Communications Hub
 
BARCELONA, SPAIN, Mobile World Congress - February 11, 2008 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), one of the world's leading software innovators enabling revenue-generating personalized services which converge the mobile and broadband experience, today announced Openwave® Rich Mail 3.0, a new solution designed for carrier-scale deployment by broadband and mobile operators around the world. An extension of Openwave's successful AJAX-based Rich Mail offering, the Openwave Rich Mail 3.0 offering is designed to enable a converged messaging experience for consumers by offering a central point of access for all their communications needs, enabling new ways for mobile and broadband operators to personalize, brand and monetize their Web messaging offerings.

"With the vast array of communications media available - social networks, Internet and mini blogs, SMS, MMS, email and voicemail - it's a daunting task for users to manage and organize their content and communications without a single point of interface," said Alon Schwartzman, director of product management, Openwave. "Openwave's Rich Mail 3.0, which is a natural extension of our converged communications product suite, aims to solve this issue by creating a central repository for users to easily and conveniently communicate and socialize, access friends, organize and share content. At the same time it creates a new forum for mobile and broadband operators to deepen relationships with their customers and bring unique value to the user experience."

End-User Benefits
Openwave's Rich Mail 3.0 extends the functionality of its existing Rich Mail offering with new and enhanced features that effectively create a personalized homepage for users. Through flexible and customizable widgets, this innovative solution puts users in control of management and gives them quick access to their content and communications services. The solution also facilitates a consistent user experience to easily access various types of messages, conversations, multimedia content, event feeds and personal contacts.

Service Provider Benefits
The Rich Mail 3.0 personalized dashboard offers operators the branding and personalization benefits of a rich Web-based interface, coupled with enhanced functionality to help them differentiate their communications and messaging services. With Openwave's offering, operators can incorporate added functionality, including e-commerce, voice calling, and information services such as location, traffic and news through contextual hyperlinks within message text - allowing them to drive new revenue streams through their Web Messaging offerings.

"Users' experiences of mobile messaging increasingly encompass a variety of internet services," said John Delaney, principal analyst, Ovum. "To compete effectively in the internet domain, network service providers can exploit their strengths by offering converged mobile/broadband messaging services that are functionally rich, easy to use and fully interoperable. Pure-portal internet players will find it hard to match such offerings."

New and enhanced features of Openwave Rich Mail 3.0 include:
  • Customizable, rich widget-based look and feel;
  • PC-to-mobile communications;
  • Management of multimedia content through a single user interface;
  • Better organization of personal data through an improved user experience; and
  • Operator merchandising and advertisement opportunities.


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 mobile analytics, content adaptation, mobile and broadband advertising, and a suite of unified messaging solutions.

As the communications industry intersects with the Internet, Openwave software enables service providers to converge services, in an effort to increase 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 mobile internet service management, messaging, and location based solutions. Openwave is a global company with a blue chip customer base spanning North America, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Openwave is headquartered in Redwood City, California. For more information please visit www.openwave.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
 
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1943 and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, including, but not limited to, material contained in quotations, increased demand for some of the Company's products and expectations, plans or prospects for Openwave Systems Inc. that are based upon the current expectations and beliefs of Openwave's management. These forward-looking statements are subject to many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Notwithstanding changes that may occur with respect to matters relating to any forward looking statements, Openwave assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this press release.

In particular, the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected: (a) the ability of Openwave's products, including Openwave Contextual Merchandising, to deliver expected benefits; (b) the ability to develop and commercialize new products; (c) industry and customer adoption and acceptance of new products; (d) 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 (e) 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, 2007, its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the periods ended September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2007, 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.

 
Openwave and the Openwave logo are trademarks of Openwave Systems Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

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