Openwave Systems Inc. , the leading independent provider of open software products and services for the communications industry today announced that over 20 operators, including Bell Mobility, Cincinnati Bell, DNA Communications, Telefonica and Telstra, have committed to deploy Openwave(TM) Mobile Access Gateway (MAG) Version 6, an integrated gateway for both WAP 1 and WAP 2 devices, to support their WAP 2 services.
With 40 billion WAP 2 transactions and over 300 billion WAP 1 transactions completed to date, Openwave MAG is the most proven, interoperable and standards-compliant WAP gateway supporting the new WAP 2 handsets entering the market. Openwave MAG already is part of the core infrastructure at more than 70 Communication Service Providers representing more than 70 million WAP users all over the world.
"With WAP 2, WAP moves beyond browsing and becomes an enabling technology for applications such as MMS and downloads. As a result, Openwave MAG 6, a WAP 2 gateway, is able to provide a central control point for the operator and improve the overall user experience," said David Hose, vice president and general manager, infrastructure group for Openwave. "In addition, with WAP 2 supporting the Internet transport protocols, MAG 6 allows operators to go beyond mobile handsets and support multiple devices in the network-extending the overall value of their WAP gateway."
MAG 6 increases the addressable market for operators by optimizing content delivery, the forwarding of device capabilities to content providers and the translation between different markup and image formats. It also allows the operator to manage subscriber identity and enforce business policy on a network level by dividing subscribers into different groups and applying access control, billing and routing rules.
Two additional and widely anticipated features of WAP 2 are support for the XHTML markup language and end-to-end security. The XHTML markup language gives content providers considerably better control over the layout of the content on the phone screen and allows them to use features such as buttons, tables, background color and input boxes. The result is web pages for phones that look more like small, colorful versions of Internet sites. The support for end-to-end security allows for the development of secure banking, enterprise and m-commerce applications.
About Openwave
Openwave Systems Inc. is the leading provider of open software products and services for the communications industry, serving more than 70 mobile operators, 47 handset manufacturers and 22 broadband suppliers. 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. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, Openwave has offices in 28 locations and in 14 countries. For more information please visit http://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, 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 willingness of communication service providers to invest and improve their data networks; (d) the ability to successfully partner with other companies; (e) increased global competition; (f) technological changes and developments; and (g) 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 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003 and subsequently filed reports. All documents also are available through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR) at http://www.sec.gov/ or from Openwave's Web site at http://www.openwave.com/ . The Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this document.
Openwave and the Openwave logo are trademarks of Openwave Systems Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Liz Landis of Openwave Systems Inc., +1-650-480-4314, or liz.landis@openwave.com, or Openwave (Europe) Limited, George Blizzard of Bite Communications Ltd., +44-20-8834-3460, or georgina.blizzard@bitepr.com.
CONTACT: Liz Landis of Openwave Systems Inc., +1-650-480-4314, or liz.landis@openwave.com, or Openwave (Europe) Limited, George Blizzard of Bite Communications Ltd., +44-20-8834-3460, or georgina.blizzard@bitepr.com
Web site: http://www.openwave.com/
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