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Openwave Systems, Inc.

Conference: DEMOmobile 04
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Funding Details: Openwave is publicly traded (NASDAQ: OPWV).
Competitors: Comverse, Light Surf, Logica CMG.
Product Description: Openwave Video Messaging software lets subscribers purchase, send, receive, store, and manage voice and video messages intuitively. End users can personalize their phones with celebrity video greetings and download streaming video such as movie trailers, sports highlights, and reality TV clips in real time. Openwave Video Messaging lets operators launch next-generation-messaging services with the best user experience for all subscribers on both legacy and newer devices.
Market Opportunity: With camera phones on the rise and the popularity of ring tones, the next phase will be video,says Martin Olausson, senior analyst with Strategy Analytics. Strategy Analytics estimates that by 2008, more than 150M users will wirelessly access video clips, generating revenue of almost $4.7B.
DEMO Says: Openwave is becoming a regular at DEMOmobile, consistently innovating to provide wireless carriers with platforms on which to deliver compelling applications. Now, Openwave delivers a video platform that has the potential to bring video mail, MMS messaging, and live video calls to 3G networks. This flexible platform foretells exciting new applications for mobile phones.