Openwave Announces Support of Open Mobile Architecture (OMA)

Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the worldwide leader of open, IP-based communication infrastructure software and applications today announced support for the Open Mobile Architecture (OMA) initiative. Openwave has already undertaken activities to drive immediate collaboration in key areas of standards development and interoperability with leading OMA supporters and will continue to align its product development strategy to be consistent with the mission of the initiative, which is to accelerate the advancement of consumer mobile services and their mainstream adoption.



The participants in the Open Mobile Architecture initiative have committed to developing products and services based on open mobile architecture enablers such as WAP2.0/XHTML, MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) and Java(TM) technology. They will work closely with standards bodies such as the 3GPP, the WAP Forum and Java Community Process (JCP). The participants will also identify new technologies that are needed to achieve openness and interoperability and map them to the appropriate standards and/or interoperability testing (IOT) body.

"Nokia strongly believes that innovative products, open standards and interoperability are fundamental to mainstream adoption of new services in the mobile world. Openwave has a track record of developing innovative technologies for enabling mobile services and we are pleased by their commitment to Open Mobile Architecture," said Pertti Korhonen, Senior Vice President, Mobile Software, Nokia.

"Motorola and Openwave have long worked cooperatively to improve the usability and performance of advanced mobile data handsets and are pleased by Openwave's support of the Open Mobile Architecture initiative. The successful adoption of innovative mobile services and solutions is dependent on cooperation between industry leaders focusing on interoperability to deliver great end user experiences," said Leif Soderberg, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Strategy and Business Development for Motorola's Personal Communications Sector.

"IBM is excited with the progress that has been made bringing the mobile industry's leading players together under the common goal of building mobile applications around a common platform and a common set of industry standards, " said Jon Prial, Vice President of Marketing of IBM's Pervasive Computing Division. "IBM has been working closely with Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, Openwave and others to deliver the most flexible solutions to wireless carriers. Through the Open Mobile Architecture initiative, we can better help carriers maximize ROI on their 3G licenses."

"We look forward to working alongside Nokia, Motorola and the large number of companies who have endorsed the initiative to move quickly to enable our customers to offer the best possible experience for consumers," stated Don Listwin, chairman and chief executive officer of Openwave. "Interoperability is the key to the success of the mobile services business and Openwave is currently running interoperability testing with a number of partners. The actions taken today by supporters of the OMA initiative will have immediate impact to catalyze the next growth phase of our industry," he said.

"Over the past few years, Genie, the mobile Internet business of mm02, has worked closely with Openwave in the deployment of market-making mobile data services across its properties. As mm02 works with a variety of partners and vendors, we are especially supportive of initiatives that encourage industry cooperation and that target the common advancement of mobile services. Progress in solving fundamental compatibility issues helps to pave the way for our shared success and ultimately the satisfaction and benefit of our customers," noted Mr. Kent Thexton, Chief Marketing and Data Officer, mm02 and president, Genie. For consumers, open standards ensure genuine and true freedom of choice. They will also enable consumers to retain control of their own information and services usage. An additional benefit is the intuitive common usability of the mobile services. "

Openwave has a long history of creating innovative technologies for the communications industry and collaborating with partners as well as competitors. The company believes that ecosystem development based on open standards will be the key to industry momentum in 2002. Openwave has made contributions to open standards groups, including the Liberty Alliance, GSMA M-Services, IM and MMS interoperability, the WAP Forum, W3C, 3GPP, 3GPP2, CDG, Synch ML Forum and the Wireless Village initiative.

About the Open Mobile Architecture Initiative

Open Mobile Architecture (OMA) is an industry initiative dedicated to ensuring global and open mobile software and services market. Working within the appropriate standards bodies, the OMA members will co-operate to create non-fragmented, interoperable mobile services across markets, operators and mobile terminals by identifying, endorsing and implementing open standards. All companies in the industry committed to the mobile open architecture approach are welcomed to join the initiative.

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.

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