Openwave and Telefonica Moviles Espana Trial a Converged Communications Experience
BARCELONA, Spain, 3GSM World Congress, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Openwave Systems , the leading provider of software products and services for the communications industry, today announced plans to trial a new generation of converged communications services with Telefonica Moviles Espana. The trial will complement existing deployments of Openwave messaging products with the Openwave(R) Converged Communications Solution (CCS). CCS leverages Openwave’s core messaging platform and client software products to provide Telefonica a broader suite of converged messaging and communications services.
The Openwave CCS trial will help Telefonica enhance the user interface and enable new communication services for mobile, fixed line and Internet users — both through mobile phones and desktop PCs — creating value and a new converged experience for Telefonica end users, ultimately driving more usage and revenues from messaging and communication services.
“The converged communications trial with Telefonica is the next step in the collaboration between our two companies, and illustrates our strong commitment and leadership in delivering advanced messaging services,” said David Peterschmidt, president and CEO, Openwave. “Openwave CCS meets a long-awaited industry need for intelligent, integrated consumer messaging services designed for mass market phones while enabling seamless access to messaging and communities across both the mobile handset and PC.”
Openwave CCS is the industry’s first IMS-ready, handset-to-network solution combining SMS, MMS and IP messaging into a single, intuitive and personalized experience. Openwave CCS breaks traditional voice and messaging silos to create an integrated user experience that is simpler than the fragmented and often complex consumer experiences of today.
On the client side, Openwave CCS incorporates an AJAX-based solution which enables new mobile and converged services on a reduced timescale, with customized user interfaces on both mobile phones and PCs alike. Interoperability with existing handsets enables a complete converged messaging experience across the full subscriber base.
The converged communications solution also introduces new service capabilities, including conversational threads to make communication more intuitive, a network-based presence-enabled address book and integrated content to promote increased usage across the entire mobile and converged experience. Openwave’s CCS offering is also designed to enable new operator revenue opportunities by incorporating mobile advertising and promotional inserts into the core solutions design.
In addition to Openwave CCS, the complete portfolio of Openwave Adaptive Communications products and services includes mobile messaging, voice, video, real-time call control, and integrated PC-based applications, supported by an industry leading adaptive communications platform. Earlier this year, Openwave received the Frost & Sullivan 2006 Product Line Strategy Award for its messaging offerings.
About Openwave
Openwave Systems Inc. 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 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. 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 improve sales productivity; (c) the ability to continue to sell our existing products and enhancements; (d) the ability to develop and commercialize new products; (e) the extent to which the trial with Telefonica is successful; (f) the integration and compatibility of Telefonica’s infrastructure with our offerings; (g) 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; (h) increased global competition and pricing pressure on our products; (i) technological changes and developments; and (j) 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 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 http://www.sec.gov/ or from Openwave’s website at http://www.openwave.com/ .
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For more information please contact: Openwave Systems Inc. Vikki Herrera Public Relations Vikki.herrera@openwave.com Tel: 650-480-6753 Bite Communications for Openwave Melanie Antonucci Public Relations Melanie.antonucci@bitepr.com Tel: + 44 (0) 20 8834 3419
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CONTACT: Vikki Herrera, Public Relations of Openwave Systems Inc., +1-650-480-6753, or Vikki.herrera@openwave.com; or Melanie Antonucci, PublicRelations, of Bite Communications, Tel: + 44 (0) 20 8834 3419, orMelanie.antonucci@bitepr.com, for Openwave
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