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  TELESP CELULAR CHOOSES THE OPENWAVE MOBILE ACCESS GATEWAY TO POWER SOUTH AMERICA'S FIRST NEXT GENERATION 2.5G 1X WIRELESS NETWORK
  

  Openwave Enables Telesp Celular to Leverage Advanced Technology - One of South America's Largest Carriers Sees Greater Advantages and Continued Success
 
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - December 12, 2001 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the worldwide leader of open IP-based communication infrastructure software and applications, today announced that Telesp Celular, South America’s largest wireless Internet carrier has launched their 2.5G 1X CDMA wireless network built on the Openwave TM Mobile Access Gateway. The Mobile Access Gateway is a robust, industry-leading software infrastructure providing Telesp Celular with the technology needed to deliver the mobile Internet to their subscribers. Openwave will be participating in Telesp Celular’s wireless network launch event in Sao Paulo, Brazil today.

Telesp Celular has had one of the fastest mobile Internet adoption rates of any carrier in the world. Telesp Celular chose the Openwave Mobile Access Gateway in May 2000 to help launch their initial CDMA mobile Internet service and, continuing to build their solution around enhanced Openwave products, has seen tremendous success, with more than 1.8 million subscribers owning a WAP-enabled phone. With Openwave’s highly scalable and reliable technology, Telesp Celular is the first wireless carrier to launch the 2.5G CDMA solution in South America. Telesp Celular’s 2.5G network is available today their “WaaaP; a Internet de Bolso” service. Telesp Celular is forging ahead with next generation solutions, cutting-edge technologies, and new user-beneficial applications.

“Telesp Celular’s high awareness of customer needs has enabled them to make the right decisions on when to launch specific Openwave enabled services in their market, resulting in remarkable adoption,” said Richard Wong, senior vice president at Openwave. “Openwave is excited to provide Telesp Celular with open communications platforms that further drive their industry leading wireless Internet offering.”

The launch of Telesp Celular’s 2.5G wireless network marks the introduction of a significantly advanced network powered by Openwave’s technology. Inherent advantages to this network include faster transmission speeds, “always-on” connection capability and the move to a packet-based network.

With data-communications speeds of up to 10 times faster than before, “always-on” technology, and other network enhancements, the advantages of the new wireless network facilitate the rollout of applications such as instant messaging and multi-media messaging services. Openwave Instant Messaging (IM) and Openwave Multi-media Messaging Services are part of the company’s IP-based messaging services offering. Openwave’s IM lets users exchange instant messages through an intuitive, conversational user interface, from either their mobile phone or the PC. Openwave’s open, standards-based instant messaging solution is available on the networks and handsets existing today. Openwave will be demonstrating their recently announced Openwave Instant Messaging product at Telesp Celular’s wireless network launch event today.


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.

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 and the Middle East including Asia; (b) 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; (c) competition and technological changes and developments; (d) general risks of the Internet and wireless and wireline telecommunications sectors; and (e) 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 the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001. 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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Openwave Systems Inc.
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