Openwave Wins Key Industry Award in Mobile Star Awards™ Program

Openwave Systems Inc., (Nasdaq: OPWV), one of the world's leading software innovators offering a mediation platform and tools to mobilize the Internet, today announced that Openwave Integra and Openwave Mobile Analytics have been named as winners in the eighth annual Mobile Star Awards™ program, hosted by mobile technology news portal MobileVillage.com. Integra and Mobile Analytics won the Shining Star Award in the category Operator Software: Application or Service Delivery.

Openwave Integra is a context-aware mediation and policy management solution that supports all of Openwave's service management products and affords operators the flexibility to select the deployment architecture and features that meet their specific needs, while reducing overall TCO.

Openwave Mobile Analytics is a solution that provides deep analytics and rich reporting for mobile devices, including feature phones, smartphones, netbooks and other mobile devices. Mobile Analytics is designed to help operators better understand mobile data usage, segmented by various subscriber demographics, peak usage times, and identify data consumption patterns that can help an operator better price and deliver targeted content to users, as well as better optimize their network bandwidth.

"We are excited to learn that Integra and Mobile Analytics have been recognized by Mobile Village readers for the value they can bring to mobile operators," said John Giere, senior vice president, products and marketing, Openwave. "The mobile industry is rapidly changing and so are the needs of mobile operators. Our goal is to help operators better analyze and understand their customer behavior, so they can provide a more personalized user experience while optimizing and making the most efficient use of network resources."

Winners were chosen by subscribers of MobileVillage's "Go Mobile™" - a free e-newsletter that delivers headlines and links from top mobile technology stories on popular websites such as Cnet, Engadget, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Computerworld, AppScout, and others.

All categories and winners are listed on MobileVillage.com at www.mobilevillage.com/awards.htm. As in past years, the Mobile Star Awards program showcases the best entries in dozens of categories including mobile apps, enterprise mobile software, wireless network products, enterprise success stories, mobile industry visionaries, and more. For more information about the annual Mobile Star Awards, visit MobileVillage.com.