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  JITONG SELECTS OPENWAVE MESSAGING PLATFORM
  

  Jitong to Base its Next-Generation Internet Services on the Openwave™ Email Mx Platform
 
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and BEIJING, China - 25 July, 2001 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the worldwide leader of open IP-based communication infrastructure software and applications, today announced that Jitong Network Communications Company Limited, one of the first alternative carriers in China, has selected the Openwave™ Email Mx solution to provide value-added data services to Jitong’s customer base. Email Mx, a core component of the Openwave™ Services OS™ suite of mobile Internet software would allow Jitong to offer messaging services that would accelerate its customer acquisition and enhance customer loyalty. The messaging platform was chosen over other international and domestic messaging solutions providers.

“The Openwave Email Mx platform is designed to open up new revenue opportunities for Jitong with a suit of premium next-generation messaging services,” said ZQ Shr, general manager of Openwave Systems, China. “We strive to help our customers achieve a positive return on their investment by delivering innovative, valuable applications to improve the way people communicate. Our partnership with Jitong is an important step in this direction by enabling them to deliver more value-added services.”

The alignment with Jitong further reinforces Openwave’s footing in China. Jitong is the third telecom carrier in China that is working with Openwave following its cooperation with China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC) and Shanghai Telecom Corporation since the Company’s entry into China.

“Data services are the cornerstone of Jitong’s business,” said Yu Weixing, vice president of Jitong Network Communications. “We selected Openwave’s Email Mx because of its high scalability to meet the demands of China’s booming messaging market. The solution also lays the foundation to further develop our value-added data services and allows us to bring flexible, reliable and secure messaging services to our consumers nationwide which includes enterprise users. We believe the Openwave Email Mx platform enables us to build seamless migration paths from our current network configurations to next generation networks.”

With a suite of premium next-generation messaging services, including managed outsourcing with delegated administration, IP voicemail and fax, and web access, the Openwave Email Mx platform is designed to unite converging data and wireless networks on a single, scalable, IP-based infrastructure that can accommodate the addition of millions of users. The Email Mx deployment at Jitong will be completed this summer.


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 Jitong
 
Jitong Network Communications Company Limited is a telecommunication operator committed to providing advanced telecom services. It is the owner of public economic information networks (known as China Golden Bridge Networks), responsible for the construction, operation and management of Golden Bridge Networks.

Jitong's backbone network, with optic fiber as the transmission carrier, adopts DWDM/SDH/ATM technologies to ensure its high-capacity and multi-service support. Satellite backup between nodes guarantees the reliability of the overall network operation. By the end of 2000, Jitong had optic fiber of over 10,000 kilometers covering more than 120 cities. Jitong's city area networks utilize optic fiber and microwave as transmission carrier and leverage SDH/ATM technologies, spanning more than 30 cities. In 2001 Jitong has and will continue to construct optic fiber city area networks in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, further improving the access capability. Jitong now has 13 international gateways, with total bandwidth of 171 Mbps. The bandwidth between Jitong and CNIX, Shanghai, Guangzhou and CHINANET respectively is 155 Mbps.

Jitong is one of the two earliest Internet service providers, as well as one of the three pioneer companies that commercialized the IP telephony and provided the IP telephony service. Its major services include Internet access, IP telephony, satellite telecom, frame relay, VPN and IDC. Recently, Jitong has featured value-added services including Jitong 800, Jitong Fax and Jitong Conference. By the end of 2000, dial-up users of the Golden Bridge Networks approached 800,000, and leased line users exceeded 2,000. Major customers include government bodies, media and well-known domestic enterprises such as Shanghai Volkswagen, Sinopec Corp, CCTV and IBM China.

Always prepared for an every changing marketplace, Jitong is committed to providing integrated telecom services by continually investing in its technology and service.


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, Asia, Europe and the Middle East; (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 successfully partner with other companies; (e) competition and technological changes and developments; and (f) 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, 2001, 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, Services OS and the Openwave logo are trademarks of Openwave Systems Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

For further information:
 
Contact Openwave Worldwide Public Relations

Jitong Network Communications
Yang Lijuan
+86 10 83913115
yanglj@public.gb.com.cn

Openwave Systems Inc. - China
David T. Oro
Fleishman-Hillard Link
+86 10 6597 5256
orod@fleishman.com

  



 
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