Openwave and Open-Xchange Partner to Provide Service Providers with Advanced Email Solutions

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), a global software innovator delivering all-Internet Protocol (all-IP) mediation and messaging solutions, today announced an agreement with Open-Xchange, the supplier of business-class email and groupware for cloud providers, to integrate Open-Xchange’s email technology into the Openwave^® Rich Mail product. The combined messaging solution will enable a converged messaging experience for consumers by offering a central point of access for all communications needs, enabling new ways for service providers and multiple system operators (MSOs) to personalize, brand and monetize their messaging offerings.

“End users, as well as small businesses will benefit now by having access to this technology from their trusted provider.”

The integrated solution is gaining momentum and four customers representing regions from all over the world have already selected the integrated solution. Most recently, Openwave entered in to an agreement with one of the largest telecommunications companies in Western Europe for Openwave Messaging products including Openwave^® Rich Mail, which is expected to serve millions of email users.

“Users are bombarded with a vast array of communications offerings available today such as Facebook, SMS/MMS and email. The lack of a single access point to manage and organize all of those formats presents a daunting task for users,” said John Giere, senior vice president of products and marketing, Openwave. “Openwave’s collaboration with Open-Xchange provides a natural extension of our converged communications Rich Mail offering that helps users solve this issue by creating a central access point to easily and conveniently communicate and socialize, access friends, organize and share content. Openwave is pleased to be able to provide this joint solution alongside Open-Xchange to help service providers bring unique value to the user experience.”

“Together with Openwave, we are innovating at the crossroads of mega trends such as mobility, Cloud applications and social networking,” said Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange. “End users, as well as small businesses will benefit now by having access to this technology from their trusted provider.”

“With more than three billion accounts worldwide, email remains the key communication tool of the Internet,” said Antonio Piraino, vice president and research director, Tier1 Research. “Open-Xchange joining forces with Openwave provides a great opportunity for operators to build an expanded messaging experience for their customers.”

As part of the Openwave Messaging suite of products, Rich Mail is pre-integrated with the server components of Openwave^® Email Mx. This combined messaging solution is available to customers either as a turnkey installation or a hosted solution. Rich Mail can be extended easily by service providers allowing them to expose their entire communication services offering (as well as any desired third party offering) in a coherent way for end-users.

About Openwave Systems

Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV) is a global software innovator delivering context-aware mediation and messaging solutions that enable communication service providers and the broader ecosystem to create and deliver smarter services.

Building on its mobile data heritage, Openwave mobilizes the Internet with predictive solutions fueled by real-time analytics that mediate among different ecosystem elements, comprehensively permitting the enhancement of IP traffic. The result can provide customers with a 360-degree view of their network, devices and services, and enables them to proactively optimize network resources, quickly launch smart mobile services, and provide a contextually relevant user experience.

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.

About Open-Xchange

For more than a decade, Open-Xchange has been delivering innovative, cost effective, open source collaboration alternatives for email, calendar, contacts and document management. The company is a pioneer in SaaS and now a leading email and groupware cloud application, which provides integration with social and business networks, as well as mobile access. Open-Xchange is used by the largest web host providers in the world, as well as on-premises by some 3,500 businesses, governments and educational institutions. Open-Xchange AG is a privately-held company headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany with offices in Olpe, Germany and Tarrytown, N.Y. For more information, please visit www.open-xchange.com.

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