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  MTS SELECTS OPENWAVE EMAIL MX TO FORM THE FOUNDATION FOR INTEGRATED MESSAGING SERVICES
  

  REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - July 7, 2004 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the leading provider of open software products and services for the communications industry, today announced that Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (MTS), Canada's third-largest telecommunications carrier, has deployed Openwave™ Email Mx to power their messaging infrastructure for their 170,000 email subscribers in Manitoba. Email Mx is a highly scalable messaging system that enables an integrated, bundled messaging solution, provides a new web mail interface, and offers customers personalized mail filtering options. As a result, MTS can differentiate messaging services from its competition through a compelling user experience.

"Openwave's integrated and highly scaleable messaging solution allows us to offer new advanced anti-spam and virus filtering to our subscriber base," said Kelvin Shepherd, Chief Technology Officer of MTS. "Customer feedback regarding these features and the new interface has been very positive."

"MTS came to Openwave because they wanted a cost-effective, carrier-class messaging architecture that would safeguard their network from email abuse," said Rich Wong, general manager of messaging applications at Openwave Systems. "By deploying our platform, MTS is drawing on Openwave's ten years of experience, trafficking more than 1.3 billion messages per day, protecting operator resources and subscribers to deliver the highest quality messaging experience possible."

About Openwave
 
Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV) is the leading independent provider of open software products and services for the communications industry. Openwave's breadth of products, including mobile phone software, multimedia messaging software (MMS), email, location and mobile gateways, along with its worldwide expertise enable its customers to deliver innovative and differentiated data services. Openwave is a global company headquartered in Redwood City, California. For more information please visit www.openwave.com.

About Manitoba Telecom Services
 
MTS is Canada's third-largest communications provider, with 7,000 dedicated employees focused on delivering outstanding value to its customers. Seamlessly blending innovative solutions and world-class technology, MTS connects its customers to the world. MTS serves enterprise and residential customers in Manitoba with a full suite of services ranging from wireline voice and high-speed data services, to next-generation wireless services, to MTS TV, through its MTS (Manitoba) division. Its Allstream division serves its national business customers with a world-class portfolio of Connectivity, Infrastructure Management and IT Services. Spanning more than 18,800 kilometres, MTS and Allstream have an extensive broadband fibre-optic network and the greatest reach of any competitive communication solutions provider in Canada. MTS's shares are listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange (common shares trading symbol: MBT; Class B preference shares trading symbol: MBT.B). MTS's web site is located at www.mts.ca; Allstream's web site is located at www.allstream.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 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; (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 our software; (c) the ability to successfully partner with other companies; (d) increased global competition; (e) 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 the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003, and any subsequently filed reports. 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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