CTIA Wireless 2003

Booth #3560

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 2003--

Joint Solution Offers Rapid Path to Revenue Through

Location-Enabling New and Existing Mobile Data Services

Autodesk Location Services, a division of Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSK), and Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:OPWV), the leading independent provider of open software products and services for the mobile communications industry, today announced a global alliance to deliver a complete location-based services (LBS) solution to wireless network operators. The joint offering includes the entire infrastructure and software components that operators need to rapidly deploy location services and, in turn, increase profitability for existing mobile data services and create new revenues streams. The two companies will also collaborate in marketing and sales activities.

"As the market for location services matures, operators are looking to vendors that simplify and accelerate their ability to start deriving new revenues from mobile applications," said Joe Astroth, executive vice president, Autodesk Location Services. "Together Autodesk Location Services and Openwave provide wireless operators with everything needed to bring location-enabled services to market quickly and easily, with the backing of two industry stalwarts known for world-class technology."

"Through this alliance, we're empowering carriers to leverage existing investments in network infrastructure to make their data services location-sensitive and in turn more useful, thus driving loyalty among their customers and advantage over their competitors," said David Hose, general manager and vice president of mobile infrastructure, Openwave. "In essence, we've dramatically reduced the barriers to entry on location services, and enabled carriers to provide their subscribers with a rich new set of data services -- without requiring extensive new capital expenditures."

The joint offering reduces time to market for carriers while also reducing total cost of ownership because it includes all of the critical components needed to add location to data services. The joint solution includes: -- Openwave(R) Location Manager--a Gateway Mobile Location Center

        (GMLC), which collects and translates location data to
        ready-to-use consumer-facing applications;

• Openwave(R) Location Studio for authorization, access and privacy control; -- Autodesk LocationLogic--a scalable application service and creation environment and content management system; and -- Autodesk Location Connect--a suite of ready-to-use consumer-facing applications, including traffic and routing, business and point-of-interest directories, and friend finders.

Considerable growth is expected with market research firm IDC predicting that the market for location-based services will exceed $2.7 billion in sales by the end of 2006, with 25 million mobile-phone owners using location-based services from their wireless devices by the end of 2004.

Please visit Booth #3560 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, today, March 17, through Wednesday, March 19, to learn more about the joint LBS solution from Autodesk Location Services and Openwave.

About Autodesk Location Services

Autodesk Location Services (www.autodesk.com/locationservices), a division of Autodesk, Inc., provides wireless network operators and enterprises worldwide with a robust solution for location enabled wireless services. The LocationLogic Platform and Location Connect suite of applications offer personalized, localized and actionable wireless services that increase productivity and convenience for mobile individuals. Autodesk is the world's leading design software and digital content company, offering customers progressive business solutions through powerful technology products and services. Autodesk helps customers in the building, manufacturing, infrastructure, digital media, and wireless data services fields increase the value of their digital design data and improve efficiencies across their entire project lifecycle management processes. For more information about the company see www.autodesk.com.

About Openwave

Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:OPWV) is the leading independent provider of open software products and services for the mobile communications industry. Openwave is a global company headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. For more information, please visit 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 realize our strategic objectives by taking advantage of market opportunities in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; (b) 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; (c) 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; (d) the effects of our restructurings and the ability to successfully support our operations; (e) the potential negative reaction by our customers to our reduced size and market capitalization; (f) the ability to recruit and retain qualified, experienced employees; (g) the willingness of communication service providers to invest and improve their data networks; (h) the ability to successfully partner with other companies; (i) the ability to acquire additional companies and technologies and integrate such acquisitions; (j) increased global competition; (k) technological changes and developments; (l) general risks of the Internet and wireless and wireline telecommunications sectors; and (m) the uncertain economic and political climate in the United States and throughout the rest of the world and the potential that such climate may deteriorate further.

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, 2002 and 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 Web site at www.openwave.com. The Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this document.

Autodesk is a registered trademark of Autodesk, Inc., in the United States and/or other countries. Openwave and the Openwave logo are trademarks of Openwave Systems Inc. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.

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