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  NEXTEL DE MEXICO STRENGTHENS ITS iFOLLOW® & iLOCATOR LOCATION SERVICES WITH OPENWAVE
  

  Mexico City and Redwood City, CA - May 1, 2007 -- Keeping their customer's needs in mind, Nextel de Mexico continues to innovate and continuously offer solutions that provide increased efficiency and productivity. Consistent with this approach, Nextel has introduced iLocator and iFollow location-based services, which automatically provide a GPS location, through integration of the Openwave® Location Manager Commercial Edition (LM-CE) solution and an integrated GPS chipset available on most Nextel handsets.

Now, business users can automatically and accurately determine the location of Nextel users:

Exact position: Utilizing the assisted GPS platform with a Nextel GPS-enabled handset when the subscriber has proper coverage and signal.

Approximate position: Utilizing the Nextel Network location system when the subscriber is indoors or unable to obtain a proper GPS determination.

In order to provide assisted GPS functionality in the iLocator & iFollow services, as well as new location-based services in the near future, NII Holdings is working with Openwave Systems to manage and control a robust GPS-based location service platform across several of its Latin America properties, including Nextel de Mexico.

"At Nextel, we seek to provide our customers services and solutions that make their work and daily activities more efficient. Working with Openwave Systems will ensure that our customers have the benefits of real-time GPS location information required to enhance their operations," said Carlos Ortega, Vice-President of Communication at Nextel de México.

"Location services are changing the way companies support and interact with their employees, thanks to business tools such as Nextel's iLocator & iFollow services. Employee location is a very important aspect of the business environment and allows for companies to efficiently assign activities and tasks to the most available individual," said Nara Rajagopalan, Vice-President of Products and Solutions at Openwave.

Openwave's Location Solutions
Openwave is a leading provider of high accuracy, end-to-end location solutions for both emergency and commercial location services. Openwave's location offerings power successful emergency and commercial services through market-leading deployments of Gateway Mobile Location Center (GMLC) and Mobile Positioning Center (MPC) infrastructure to mobile operators around the world.

iLocator & iFollow services can be easily activated with a few simple steps on Nextel's corporate website www.nextel.com.mx.

Nextel iLocator is a location service that allows real time location of Nextel handsets on a digital map. The benefits offered by iLocator include improved work assignment and enhanced customer service, which result in an increased productivity of field employees.

Nextel iFollow is a location and tracking tool that allows tracking of Nextel handsets on a map, with the ability to select timetables that may better suit a company's needs. Its benefits include improvement in operational efficiency and enhanced control of mobile field staff.

Nextel continues to offer superior integrated digital communication products and services to further meet customer business needs.

About Nextel
 
Nextel de México was officially set up in our country early in 1998, aimed at delivering integral solutions designed to meet the communication needs of companies operating mobile work groups. With an investment of over $3 billion, Nextel has succeeded in expanding its digital network to the major cities in Mexico, and since June, 2004, it has been offering its International Direct Connect service that enables immediate communication with the touch of a button with Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the United States, and Peru.

Please, visit the company's Web page at www.nextel.com.mx.

About Openwave
 
Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV) is the leading independent provider of software solutions that ignite mobility for the communications and media industries. Openwave empowers its customers to rapidly transform their business by sparking new revenue streams and market opportunities, building loyal subscriber communities and reducing operational costs. Openwave's broad range of IP-based handset-to-network solutions enable the rapid launch of information, communication and entertainment services across networks and devices and include handset software, content delivery, adaptive messaging, location, music and video services. 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. 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 our current, new and potential customers, suppliers and strategic partners; (b) the ability to develop and commercialize new products; (c) industry and customer adoption and acceptance of new products, such as Openwave LM-CE; and (d) 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.

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, 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.

 
Nextel, the Nextel logo, Nextel Online, Nextel Business Networks and Nextel Direct Connect are trademarks and/or service marks of Nextel Communications, Inc. Openwave and Openwave?s logo are registered trademarks of Openwave Systems Inc.

For further information:
 
Contact Openwave Worldwide Public Relations

Nextel de México
Carlos Ortega
(01) 55-1018-3993

  



 
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