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  OPENWAVE SELECTS AUTONOMY IDOL TO POWER PERSONALIZATION FOR MOBILE OPERATORS [Partner Release]
  

  Autonomy's Content Classification and Indexing Capabilities Enhance Openwave's New Personalization and Profiling System
 
Cambridge, UK and San Francisco, Calif. - February 28, 2007 -- Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that Openwave Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV) has signed an agreement with Autonomy to integrate IDOL platform's advanced content classification and indexing capabilities into the recently announced Openwave® Personalization and Profiling System (OPPS).

Openwave is a leading provider of software products and solutions for the communications industry. OPPS, an end-to-end solution, is designed to help mobile operators deliver a relevant, personalized user experience across networks and devices. OPPS will also provide the ability for operators to customize their subscribers' experience based on a historical view of previous activity in combination with a consolidated view of each individual subscriber's demographic and subscription information.

Autonomy's technology, which forms a conceptual and contextual understanding of any piece of electronic data including unstructured information, be it text, email, voice or video, will support Openwave's system with advanced content classification and the indexing of premium content to enhance the delivery of personalized and relevant content.

"Mobile operators own powerful knowledge of their subscriber base from user profiles, to usage patterns and content preferences," said Peter Galvin, senior vice president of products and marketing, Openwave. "We found that Autonomy and its IDOL technology are an ideal fit for Openwave's OPPS solution and will help us to transform powerful customer information into new revenue opportunities for mobile operators, and provide a better user experience for their subscribers."

"The new Openwave Personalization and Profiling System represents a significant milestone for the communications industry," said Dr. Mike Lynch, chief executive officer of Autonomy. "Autonomy is focused on helping organizations extract meaning from unstructured information. We are proud that Openwave has chosen the advanced content classification and indexing capabilities of Autonomy's Meaning-based Computing platform, IDOL, to play a vital role in enhancing its personalization efforts with global operators."

About Openwave
Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV) is one of the world's leading innovators of software applications and infrastructure designed to enable revenue-generating, personalized services, including mobile analytics, content adaptation, mobile and broadband advertising, and a suite of unified messaging solutions.

As the communications industry intersects with the Internet, Openwave software enables service providers to converge services, increasing the value of their networks by accelerating time to market and reducing the cost and complexity associated with new service deployment. Openwave's unique product portfolio provides a complete range of mobile internet service management, messaging, and location based solutions. Openwave is a global company with a blue chip customer base spanning North America, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Openwave is headquartered in Redwood City, California. For more information please visit www.openwave.com.

About Autonomy
 
Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L) is a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise and is spearheading the meaning-based computing movement. Autonomy's technology forms a conceptual and contextual understanding of any piece of electronic data including unstructured information, be it text, email, voice or video. Autonomy's software powers the full spectrum of mission-critical enterprise applications including information access technology, BI, CRM, KM, call center solutions, rich media management, compliance and litigation solutions and security applications, and is recognized by industry analysts as the clear leader in enterprise search.

Autonomy's customer base comprises more than 16,000 global companies and organizations including: 3, ABN AMRO, AOL, BAE Systems, BBC, Bloomberg, Boeing, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Daimler Chrysler, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, Ford, GlaxoSmithKline, Kraft Foods, Lloyd TSB, NASA, Nestle, the New York Stock Exchange, Reuters, Shell, T-Mobile, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Autonomy also has over 300 OEM partners and more than 350 VARs and Integrators, numbering among them leading companies such as BEA, Business Objects, Citrix, EDS, IBM Global Services, Novell, Stellent, Sybase, Symantec, TIBCO and Vignette. The company has offices worldwide.

The Autonomy Group includes: Aungate, specialist in real-time enterprise governance; Virage, a visionary in rich media management and security and surveillance technology; etalk, award-winning provider of enterprise-class contact center products and Cardiff, a leader in content capture and business process management solutions.

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. Notwithstanding changes that may occur with respect to matters relating to any forward looking statements, Openwave does not expect to, and disclaims any obligation to, update such statements. Openwave, however, reserves the right to update such statements or any portion thereof at any time for any reason. 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 Openwave's current, new and potential customers, suppliers and strategic partners; (b) the ability to develop and commercialize new products, such as Openwave Personalization and Profiling System; (c) industry and customer adoption and acceptance of new products, such as Openwave Personalization and Profiling System; and (d) risks associated with the development and licensing of software generally, including potential delays in software development, software functionality, and technical difficulties that may be encountered in the development or use of Openwave software.

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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, 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 website at www.openwave.com.

 
Autonomy and the Autonomy logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autonomy Corporation plc. Openwave is the trademark of Openwave Systems, Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

For further information:
 
Contact Openwave Worldwide Public Relations

Autonomy (US)
Winifred Shum
Evans Public Relations/for SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc.
+1 408 542 2363
wshum@autonomy.com

  



 
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