Openwave (formerly software.com, phone.com, Unwired Planet and Libris, Inc) is a mobile phone and messaging software and services company based in Redwood City, California, USA. Openwave is historically significant in its introduction of the Mobile Internet and its expansion into a large successful mobile software supplier in the mobile telecom sector. Openwave is publicly traded on the Nasdaq stock market under the ticker OPWV. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Pocket Internet Explorer displaying the Wikipedia main page on a PDA Opera Mini displaying the Wikipedia portal The refers to the World Wide Web as accessed from mobile devices such as cell phones, PDAs, and other pocketable gadgets connected to a public network. ...

Their mobile browser software has shipped on over one billion handsets, approx 49% of the global browser-capable device shipments, over 70 mobile operators. A microbrowser (sometimes minibrowser or mobile browser) is a web browser designed for use on a handheld device such as a PDA or mobile phone. ... A mobile network operator (MNO), also known as wireless service provider, wireless carrier, mobile phone operator, or cellular company, is a telephone company that provides services for mobile phone subscribers. ...

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Major current products include:

• Openwave Adaptive Messaging
• Openwave Messaging Anti-Abuse
• Openwave Download Manager
• Openwave Mobile Edge
• Openwave MVNO
• Openwave Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC)
• Openwave Email Mx
• Openwave PhoneSuite
• Openwave Mobile Browser
• Openwave Mobile Messaging client
• Openwave Mobile Access Gateway

Products shipping with openwave software include devices from Motorola, Samsung, Alcatel, Siemens, LG, Kyocera and Sagem. A Mobile Virtual Network Operator is a company that does not own a licensed frequency spectrum, but resells wireless services under their own brand name, using the network of another mobile phone operator. ... Multimedia Messaging System (MMS) is a system of transmitting not only text messages, but also various kinds of multimedia contents (eg images, audio &/or video clips) over wireless networks using the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) protocol. ... Motorola Inc. ... Samsung Group is one of the largest South Korean business groupings. ... Alcatel SA is a global company, headquartered in France that provides hardware, software and services to telecommunications service providers and enterprises. ... “Siemens” redirects here. ... LG can refer to a number of things: LG Group, a South Korean electronics and petrochemicals conglomerate. ... Kyocera Corporation ) (TYO: 6971 , NYSE: KYO) is a Japanese company based in Kyoto, Japan. ... SAGEM (Société d’Applications Générales de l’Electricité et de la Mécanique, translated to Company of General Applications of Electricity and Mechanics) was a major French company involved in defence electronics, consumer electronics and communication systems. ...

Earlier products included

• Unwired Planet .Link Browser
• Unwired Planet .Link Server

The company started in 1996 as Libris, Inc. and focused on developing mobile client software for "pull" services while the general mobile market was rapidly growing "push" services based on SMS. In 1998, it changed its name to Unwired Planet, Inc. and launched its proprietary end-to-end mobile network solution for Internet access and web browsing, known as up.link (browser and network server/gateway). Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... SMS may refer to: Short message service, a form of text messaging on cell phones Sega Master System – an 8-bit video game console from the 1980s Seiner Majestät Schiff, His Majestys Ship in the German Kaiserliche Marine and the Austro-Hungarian Navy SMS (comics), a British comic...

In 1999, with the introduction of WAP standards, it acquired Apion, Ltd. of Belfast (formerly Aldiscon Northern Ireland, Ltd.), changed its name to Phone.com and went public on the NASDAQ. In 2000, amidst huge growth in revenue and stock price, Phone.com acquired several high tech startup companies with niche products to integrate across its end-to-end solution. In 2001, it acquired Software.com and changed the company name again to Openwave Systems, Inc. With Software.com's large installed base of email servers at ISPs, Openwave expanded by providing its mobile operator customers with software infrastructure for mobile email applications and other multimedia messaging (MMS) applications. WAP can stand for: Wireless Application Protocol Wireless Access Point Women Against Pornography Wild Animal Park Whey Acidic Protein Weak Anthropic Principle, discussed at Anthropic principle Weatherization Assistance Program, discussed at Weatherization World Association of Psychoanalysis, discussed at Jacques-Alain Miller WAP may also refer to: Indian Locomotive Class WAP... This article is about the city in Northern Ireland. ... NASDAQ in Times Square, New York City. ... A startup company is a business with a limited operating history. ... ISP may mean: Internet service provider, an organization that offers users access to the Internet and related services. ... MMS may stand for: In Science and Technology Multimedia Messaging Service, a standard for a telephony messaging systems My_media_system, a Linux media center Manufacturing Message Specification, a networking standard Microsoft Media Services, a data transfer protocol Microsoft Metadirectory Services, a centralized service that stores identity information from in an organization...

In January 2006, Openwave closed the $120 million acquisition of Musiwave, a French music application services provider for mobile phones.

External links

• http://www.openwave.com
• http://www.openwave.com/us/products/handset_products/mobile_browser/