Cricket Communications, Inc. Selects Musiwave to Power Mobile Music Service

Cricket Communications, Inc. Selects Musiwave to Power Mobile Music Service

Musiwave Expands European Leadership with First U.S. Customer

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Musiwave, an Openwave company (Openwave Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:OPWV)), and a leading provider of mobile music entertainment services to operators and media companies worldwide, and Cricket Communications, Inc., a leading provider of unlimited wireless services today announced an agreement to bring Musiwave's innovative music solution to Cricket subscribers nationwide later this year. The agreement extends Musiwave's footprint from its European origins to the United States.

"As demand for mobile music services increases globally, we are excited to bring our level of innovation to the U.S. market with a forward-thinking operator like Cricket," says Daniel Cohen, director of operations, Musiwave North America. "Our work with Cricket Communications will allow their consumers to personalize the mobile experience and interact with music in ways not previously possible."

"Cricket chose to collaborate with Musiwave because of their leadership in providing innovative features that drive subscriber value through their mobile music service platform," said Larry Atwell, director of product development for, Cricket. "Cricket has always been about value; we provide unlimited usage and anytime minutes for customers at some of the lowest rates in the industry. We believe Musiwave's solutions align with Cricket's strategy, supporting our goals of predictability, simplicity and usability."

Musiwave's current roster of products includes Music on Demand Service (MODS(TM)), a full track mobile music subscription offering; which allows fast, full-length secure downloads of music directly to 3G mobile devices; Smart Radio, an interactive and personalized streaming radio solution; and Music Wizard(TM), which enables users to identify a song in just a few seconds using their mobile phone.

Musiwave provides mobile music entertainment services to more than 35 mobile operators in 25 countries including Vodafone, Telus, T-Mobile, Telefonica, Orange, SFR and Amena.

About Musiwave and Openwave

Musiwave, an Openwave company (Openwave Systems Inc.), is a leading provider of mobile music entertainment solutions, including software, marketing and content management, to operators and media companies worldwide. For more information, please visit www.musiwave.net.

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 www.openwave.com

About Cricket

Cricket is the operating subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, a customer-focused company providing innovative mobile wireless services targeted to meet the needs of customers who are under-served by traditional communications companies. With a commitment to predictability, simplicity and value as the foundation of its business, Leap pioneered Cricket(R) service, a simple and affordable wireless alternative to traditional landline service. Cricket(R) service offers customers unlimited anytime minutes within the Cricket(R) calling area over a high-quality, all-digital CDMA network. For more information, please visit www.leapwireless.com.

NOTE: Openwave and the Musiwave logo are trademarks of Openwave Systems Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

For more information please contact:
Openwave Systems Inc.
Trisha Mirel
Public Relations
trisha.mirel@openwave.com
Tel: + 1 650 480 5509

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: Trisha.Mirel@openwave.com

Source: Openwave Systems Inc.

CONTACT: Trisha Mirel, Public Relations of Openwave Systems Inc.,
+1-650-480-5509, or trisha.mirel@openwave.com

Web site: http://www.musiwave.net/
http://www.openwave.com/
http://www.leapwireless.com/

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