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  TIMNET.COM LICENSES OPENWAVE SOLUTIONS TO PROVIDE LATIN AMERICAN SUBSCRIBERS WITH MOBILE INTERNET SERVICES
  

  Openwave Extends Regional Footprint with Mobile Access Gateway 5.0, Email Mx and Mobile Email
 
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - September 24, 2001 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the worldwide leader of open IP-based communication infrastructure software and applications, today announced that the international mobile Internet portal timnet.com, the wireless services company of Telecom Italia Mobile (Telecom Italia Group - NYSE: TI), has licensed the Openwave™ Mobile Access Gateway, Openwave™ Email Mx and Openwave™ Mobile Email communication products to provide value-added messaging and mobile Internet services to Telecom Italia and Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) wireless network operators spanning several countries in Latin America. By hosting the Openwave solution through an application service provider (ASP) model, timnet.com can offer speed-to-market to the TIM operators in Latin American that intend to bring mobile Internet and messaging services to their collective more than 8 million subscribers.

"The international mobile Internet and messaging market is booming as we've seen already in Europe and Japan, and Latin America is the next hot sector," said Mike Mulica, senior vice president, Office of Customer Operations at Openwave. "We look forward to working with timnet.com to emulate the success we've experienced with our customers worldwide. timnet.com can help local TIM carriers quickly bring to market unique and useful mobile Internet services while creating immediate, lucrative revenue opportunities."

timnet.com will begin initial rollouts of Openwave-enabled mobile Internet services in Brazil, Bolivia, Peru and Venezuela, followed by a second phase rollout in Argentina and Chile. Demonstrating impressive expansion in Latin America, timnet.com is the only interconnected mobile internet portal of the region.

"timnet.com's goal is to become the leading provider of advanced mobile services within the Latin American territory," said Federico Pisani Massamormile CEO of timnet.com. "To drive the market forward, we have to be able to rely on proven technology. Providing carrier-grade messaging platforms with over 180 million licensed mailbox seats around the world, Openwave has the expertise we need to be able to realize the potential for mobile messaging in Latin America."

Openwave Mobile Access Gateway supports enhanced mobile applications on mobile devices and provides carriers with an unparalleled level of control, functionality, security and flexibility when offering wireless Internet solutions. The gateway is WAP 1.2 and WAP 1.2 Push compliant and supports the highly anticipated WAP 2.0 standard, which will enable timnet.com to scale with any TIM carrier to deliver Next Generation services. The Mobile Access Gateway supports TDMA and GSM/GPRS networks, and also adheres to leading industry standards and initiatives, including the GSM Association's recently announced M-Services Guidelines.

Openwave Email Mx messaging platform creates new revenue opportunities for carriers with a full complement of Next Generation messaging services, including managed outsourcing with delegated administration, as well as mobile Internet access. The platform is highly scalable and reliable, with standards-based architecture to allow future upgrades and integration with advanced applications, such as unified messaging.

Openwave Mobile Email extends the Email Mx platform to provide customers with a completely integrated wireless and PC-based messaging solution. With Mobile Email, timnet.com is able to deliver messaging services to any browser-enabled device and allow subscribers to access email with minimal keystrokes in an intuitive manner for a superior mobile Internet experience. In addition, users have the ability to set personal alerts for notification through the self-care application with Email Mx and Mobile Email. All browser-equipped mobile devices are supported via any wireless application protocol over any cellular network. Openwave Mobile Email benefits both carriers and subscribers, with carriers able to increase airtime usage by enabling subscribers to conveniently access personal email and easily respond to notification alerts triggered by incoming messages.



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 timnet.com
 
timnet.com, a company of the Telecom Italia Group, has been established in Brazil to provide its subsidiaries with advanced and innovative access-ready W-VAS (Wireless Value Added Services) services. TIM's subsidiaries in Brazil (Tele Celular Sul, Tele Nordeste Celular e Maxitel), have more than 4.4 million subscribers in the country. In other parts of Latin America, TIM has in excess of 8 million subscribers, with presence in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru and Venezuela. timnet.com will also offer its services in Brazil to the three new Telecom Italia Mobile GSM Operators that will start to operate starting January 2002.

timnet.com's goal is to create a community of mobile internet users within the TIM customer base in Latin America, through a modular, open W-VAS platform, an integrated and extensive applications offer and availability of modern and extensive content.



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 Companyâ??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 (j) the uncertain economic and political climate in the United States and throughout the rest of the world and the potential that such climate may deteriorate further.

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.

 
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For further information:
 
Contact Openwave Worldwide Public Relations

timnet.com - Brodeur worldwide Assesoria de Comunicaçào
Flavia Pinho
+44 21 3082 0105
fpinho@brodeur.com.br

  



 
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