Consumers Can Create Personalized Video Greetings and Change Their Image; a

Celebrity, an Avatar Character Lip Syncing to Their Voice

    LA JOLLA, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Consumers can now
 create their own personal video greeting on their mobile phones for any of the
 different people in their life -- from a boyfriend or girlfriend to a
 supervisor at work to a family member.  At Demo Mobile today, Openwave Systems
 Inc. (Nasdaq:   OPWV), the leading provider of open software products and
 services for the communications industry, announced the availability of
 Openwave Video Voicemail and Openwave Video Portal, to help operators offer an
 enhanced and personalized user experience for 3G networks and phones.
     Openwave Video Voicemail and Portal will make it easier for operators to
 drive the much-needed awareness and adoption of 3G services, by delivering an
 intuitive user experience for all of their 3G services. Operators can benefit
 from an easy-to-implement technology that consolidates a number of their
 services onto one platform (voicemail, video voicemail and video content).
     "The lesson that the industry at large has learned from gaming and
 entertainment applications is that personalization is key for driving revenue
 in the operator community," said Richard Wong, general manager of messaging at
 Openwave. "By giving end users the option to leave different types of video
 messages for different people in their social network or work environment,
 operators can perfect the user experience by giving users a voice and
 character that's truly their own.  As a result, operators can attract and keep
 subscribers with this service."
 
     Examples of customized video greetings, which users can modify for
 different audiences, include:
     -- Designing a personal greeting that allows subscribers to record
        themselves. Examples include a parent recording a message for their
        child away on an overnight stay at camp where the child gets the
        message, "Goodnight honey. I will see you tomorrow." A business case
        scenario is recording a video for a supervisor with the message, "I am
        away from the office please leave me a message."
     -- Among the celebrity greeting options, users can opt to select "Dirty
        Harry" with a video voicemail of Client Eastwood saying, "You've got to
        ask yourself a question -- Do I feel lucky?" to their
        boyfriend/girlfriend or friend.
     -- For gaming buddies, they can pick a character, like Avatar or a
        character from Doom, to leave their messages and the "animatron" will
        lip sync the message with the end user's voice recorded.
 
     Openwave Video Voicemail differs from other video solutions on the market
 because it offers more than just a traditional "record-and-send" video
 message. Received in a similar fashion as a voicemail greeting, Openwave Video
 Voicemail offers a highly personalized greeting that allows users to
 personalize different video images for any audience and also provides a video
 tutorial that guides the end user through the set-up of the new service. The
 service activates when users make a phone call and the receiving party does
 not pick up.
     Openwave's Video Voicemail and Video Portal are part of Openwave's
 IP-based voice messaging platform, which allows operators to run multiple
 services, making it easier to integrate the products needed to deliver an
 intuitive messaging experience.  Openwave's messaging products are designed
 with all subscribers in mind so subscribers on legacy phones will still
 receive multimedia and video messages in a format best designed for their
 handset.
     "Openwave is helping operators attract new users and build loyalty with
 existing customers by offering the newest applications and services supported
 by third generation networks or 3G." said Chris Shipley, executive producer of
 DEMO conferences.  "When it comes to wireless data, consumers demand
 personalization; Openwave is taking data services beyond gaming, ringtones,
 and wallpapers to the next generation of messaging where end users can
 personalize the messaging experience through video messaging."
 
     About Openwave
     Openwave Systems Inc. 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.
 
     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;
 (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; and (e) technological changes and developments.
     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
 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2004, 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.
 
     NOTE:  Openwave and the Openwave logo are trademarks and or registered
 trademarks of Openwave Systems Inc.  All other trademarks are the properties
 of their respective owners.
 
     For more information please contact:
 
      Openwave Systems Inc.                   Openwave (Europe) Ltd.
      Nicole Arena                            George Blizzard
      +1-650-346-4293                         Bite Communications Ltd.
      nicole.arena@openwave.com               +44-20-8834-3460
                                             georgina.blizzard@bitepr.com
 
 

SOURCE  Openwave Systems Inc.

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