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  NEW ZEALAND'S LEADING WIRELESS NETWORK OPERATOR, TELECOM NEW ZEALAND, SELECTS LUCENT AND OPENWAVE TO LAUNCH COMMERCIAL WAP SERVICES
  

  REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - May 16, 2001 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the worldwide leader of open IP-based communication infrastructure software and applications, today announced that Telecom Mobile Limited (Telecom New Zealand), the leading mobile network operator in New Zealand, has chosen Lucent Technologies and Openwave to provide a complete, Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-based mobile Internet solution. Telecom New Zealand is the first network operator in New Zealand to deploy the Openwave™ Mobile Access Gateway.

As the foundation of the Openwave™ Services OS™, the Mobile Access Gateway enables Telecom New Zealand to increase revenue opportunities by offering highly compelling wireless services to its customers while its scalable architecture provides a solid foundation for next generation, innovative services.

The Mobile Access Gateway will run on Telecom New Zealand’s new CDMA network beginning mid-year 2001. The CDMA network will provide customers with access to the Internet and highly individualized services. Using Openwave’s Mobile Access Gateway, Telecom New Zealand can offer its subscribers a broad range of Internet-based wireless services, including info-on-demand services such as financial news, weather and stock quotes.

Lucent will work closely with Telecom New Zealand to facilitate a quick time-to-market. In addition, Lucent will work with Openwave and Telecom New Zealand to continuously innovate on new value added service offerings to end consumers.

“This relationship with Telecom New Zealand allows Openwave to ignite a new region,” said Paul Adkins, General Manager for Openwave Systems in Asia Pacific. “We're proud to work with Lucent to expedite Telecom New Zealand’s time-to-market in delivering leading-edge, value-added wireless technology to attract, retain and grow their subscribers base.”

As the market leader for the mobile Internet, Openwave software has already been deployed in more than 70 percent of the world’s Internet-enabled phones. Additionally, components of the Services OS have been deployed by mobile operators who service more than 50 percent of the world’s mobile subscribers.


About Openwave
 
Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV) is the worldwide leader of open IP-based communication infrastructure software and applications. Openwave is a global company headquartered in Redwood City, California. For more information, please visit www.openwave.com.

About New Zealand Telecom
 
Telecom, New Zealand’s principal supplier of telecommunications, provides fixed line, mobile, data and Internet services as well as online solutions to consumer, business and corporate customers in both New Zealand and Australia.


About Lucent Technologies
 
Lucent Technologies has some 160 CDMA networks either in commercial service or under construction for more than 40 companies like Telecom around the world. More than 22,000 Lucent CDMA base stations that are on the air handle on average 160 million calls daily.

Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers the systems, software and services for next-generation communications networks for service providers and enterprises. Backed by the research and development of Bell Labs, Lucent focuses on high-growth areas such as broadband and mobile Internet infrastructure; communications software; Web-based enterprise solutions that link private and public networks; and professional network design and consulting services. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its Web site at www.lucent.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 the Company’s software; (d) the ability to manage the company’s growth; (e) the ability to continue to obtain qualified, experienced employees; (f) the ability to successfully partner with other companies; (g) the ability to acquire additional companies and integrate such acquisitions; (h) competition and technological changes and developments; and (i) 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 Openwave's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended December 31, 2000, and March 31, 2000, Phone.com’s and Software.com’s most recently filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K, and Phone.com’s registration statement on Form S-4 as filed on October 10, 2000. 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.


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

For further information:
 
Contact Openwave Worldwide Public Relations

Telecom Mobile Limited
Gary O'Neil
+ 64 4 382 43292
gary.oneil@telecom.co.nz

Lucent Technologies
Luisa Megale
+ 61 2 8267 8626
megale@lucent.com

  



 
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