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Mon, February 16, 2009
Sun, February 15, 2009
Openwave Extends Feature Set for Industry Leading Messaging Platform
BARCELONA, Spain--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--[ Openwave Systems Inc ]. (Nasdaq:OPWV), one of the world's leading software innovators enabling revenue-generating personalized services which converge the mobile and broadband experience, today announced Openwave® Email Mx 8.0. Openwave Email Mx is an extensible, carrier-scale email solution that was ranked the market leader and top player in [ Radicati's annual 2008 Messaging Platforms for Hosted Email Providers Market Quadrant ]. The latest version, Email Mx 8.0, now supports mobile email using the IMAP IDLE standard, and high capacity mailboxes. The IMAP IDLE feature enables service providers to offer mobile email directly to their subscribers with any compatible handset, and high capacity mailboxes offer nearly limitless storage to handle the increasing amount of rich content.
"Service providers are evolving their email systems to enable limitless storage of messaging and content," said Dan Nguyen, director of product management, messaging, Openwave. "[ Openwave Email Mx 8.0 ] addresses the service provider's requirement to offer high capacity mailboxes as well as network-based mobile email that eliminates the requirement for users to download a handset client."
Email Mx 8.0
[ Openwave Email Mx 8.0 ] scales to support any number of subscribers with fast, reliable performance. The distributed, multi-threaded architecture allows independent scaling of all components to fit an operator's specific growth patterns, while reducing the operator's TCO. Leading enhancements to [ Email Mx 8.0 ] include:
- Mobile email using the IMAP IDLE standard
- Support for nearly limitless capacity mailboxes
- Improved IMAP performance allowing users to manipulate mailboxes with much less processing effort
- Hardened messaging storage eliminating overload scenarios
- Enhanced message delivery options (header summaries) allowing message metadata to be retrieved without retrieving/loading the full message
About Openwave
[ Openwave Systems Inc ]. (Nasdaq:OPWV) is one of the world's leading innovators of software applications and infrastructure designed to enable revenue-generating, personalized services, including mobile analytics, content adaptation, mobile and broadband advertising, and a suite of unified messaging solutions.
As the communications industry intersects with the Internet, Openwave software enables service providers to converge services, in an effort to increase the value of their networks by accelerating time to market and reducing the cost and complexity associated with new service deployment. Openwave's unique product portfolio provides a complete range of mobile internet service management, messaging, and location based solutions. Openwave is a global company with a blue chip customer base spanning North America, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Openwave is headquartered in Redwood City, California. For more information please visit [ www.openwave.com ].
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1943 and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, including, but not limited to, the aforementioned focus on network-based offerings and the anticipated impact on Openwave's financial statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Notwithstanding changes that may occur with respect to matters relating to any forward looking statements, Openwave assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this press release.
For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements, please refer to the risk factors discussed in the Company's 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, 2008, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended September 30, 2008, December 30, 2008, 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 ].
Openwave and the Openwave logo are trademarks of Openwave Systems Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.
