<s>
Openwave	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
software.com,	O
phone.com,	O
and	O
Libris	O
,	O
Inc	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
division	O
of	O
Enea	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
of	O
Openwave	B-Application
's	O
former	O
products	O
launched	O
as	O
private	O
companies	O
;	O
Openwave	B-Application
Mobility	O
and	O
Openwave	B-Application
Messaging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Openwave	B-Application
introduced	O
the	O
Mobile	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Openwave	B-Application
pioneered	O
HDML	B-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
precursor	O
to	O
WML	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Openwave	B-Application
was	O
a	O
founding	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
WAP	B-Protocol
Forum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
started	O
in	O
1996	O
as	O
Libris	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
focused	O
on	O
developing	O
mobile	O
client	O
software	B-Application
for	O
"	O
pull	O
"	O
services	O
while	O
the	O
general	O
mobile	O
market	O
was	O
rapidly	O
growing	O
"	O
push	O
"	O
services	O
based	O
on	O
SMS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
it	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Unwired	B-Application
Planet	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
launched	O
its	O
proprietary	O
end-to-end	O
mobile	O
network	O
solution	O
for	O
Internet	O
access	O
and	O
web	O
browsing	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
up.link	O
(	O
browser	O
and	O
network	O
server/gateway	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
WAP	B-Protocol
standards	O
,	O
it	O
acquired	O
Apiion	O
,	O
Ltd	O
.	O
of	O
Belfast	O
(	O
formerly	O
Aldiscon	O
Northern	O
Ireland	O
,	O
Ltd	O
.	O
)	O
,	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Phone.com	O
and	O
went	O
public	O
on	O
the	O
NASDAQ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
it	O
merged	O
with	O
Software.com	O
and	O
changed	O
the	O
company	O
name	O
again	O
to	O
Openwave	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
With	O
com	O
's	O
large	O
installed	O
base	O
of	O
email	O
servers	O
at	O
ISPs	O
,	O
Openwave	B-Application
expanded	O
by	O
providing	O
its	O
mobile	O
operator	O
customers	O
with	O
software	B-Application
infrastructure	O
for	O
mobile	O
email	O
applications	O
and	O
other	O
multimedia	O
messaging	O
(	O
MMS	O
)	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
mobile	B-Application
browser	I-Application
(	O
written	O
by	O
Bruce	O
Schwartz	O
)	O
software	B-Application
shipped	O
on	O
over	O
one	O
billion	O
handsets	O
,	O
at	O
one	O
point	O
approx	O
49%	O
of	O
the	O
global	O
browser-capable	O
device	O
shipments	O
,	O
over	O
70	O
mobile	O
operators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
it	O
acquired	O
SignalSoft	B-Application
Corp.	O
,	O
a	O
developer	O
of	O
location-based	O
services	O
,	O
who	O
developed	O
the	O
first	O
platforms	O
to	O
provide	O
E911	O
services	O
as	O
per	O
the	O
first	O
FCC	O
(	O
Federal	O
Communications	O
Commission	O
)	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
Openwave	B-Application
acquired	O
Nombas	B-Application
Inc.	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
Cmm	O
(	O
a	O
scripting	O
language	O
with	O
C-like	O
syntax	O
)	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
enhanced	O
to	O
support	O
ECMAScript	B-Language
and	O
renamed	O
ScriptEase	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2006	O
,	O
Openwave	B-Application
closed	O
the	O
$120	O
million	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Musiwave	O
,	O
a	O
French	O
music	O
application	O
services	O
provider	O
for	O
mobile	O
phones	O
founded	O
by	O
Gilles	O
Babinet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
Openwave	B-Application
was	O
alleged	O
of	O
violating	O
securities	O
laws	O
by	O
issuing	O
misleading	O
financial	O
statements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2008	O
,	O
Openwave	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
contextual	O
advertising	O
system	O
for	O
mobile	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
San	O
Francisco	O
Business	O
Journal	O
reported	O
that	O
NASDAQ	O
had	O
given	O
Openwave	B-Application
a	O
delisting	O
warning	O
for	O
failing	O
to	O
properly	O
report	O
some	O
financial	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Openwave	B-Application
issued	O
a	O
press	O
release	O
stating	O
:	O
"	O
that	O
Purple	O
Labs	O
has	O
acquired	O
the	O
Openwave	B-Application
mobile	O
phone	O
software	B-Application
business	O
,	O
which	O
develops	O
and	O
markets	O
its	O
browser	O
and	O
messaging	O
client	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
18	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Openwave	B-Application
announced	O
:	O
"	O
that	O
it	O
licensed	O
certain	O
patents	O
to	O
Mobixell/724	O
Solutions	O
Inc	O
"	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
intellectual	O
property	O
protection	O
arrangement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
1	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Openwave	B-Application
announced	O
:	O
"	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
the	O
sale	O
of	O
its	O
Mediation	O
and	O
Messaging	O
product	O
businesses	O
to	O
Marlin	O
Equity	O
Partners.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Openwave	B-Application
changed	O
its	O
name	O
back	O
to	O
Unwired	B-Application
Planet	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
claims	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
has	O
become	O
a	O
patent	O
troll	O
,	O
Unwired	B-Application
Planet	I-Application
's	O
general	O
counsel	O
Noah	O
Mesel	O
states	O
:	O
"	O
We	O
happen	O
to	O
be	O
at	O
the	O
point	O
in	O
our	O
business	O
cycle	O
where	O
what	O
's	O
left	O
is	O
a	O
patent	O
portfolio.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
former	O
product	O
businesses	O
have	O
also	O
re-launched	O
as	O
two	O
privately	O
held	O
companies	O
,	O
Openwave	B-Application
Mobility	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
Openwave	B-Application
Messaging	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
Openwave	B-Application
Messaging	O
acquired	O
Critical	O
Path	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
2	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Openwave	B-Application
Messaging	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Synchronoss	O
Technologies	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
started	O
trading	O
under	O
Synchronoss	O
Messaging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2016	O
,	O
Openwave	B-Application
Mobility	O
continued	O
to	O
operate	O
as	O
a	O
Marlin	O
Equity	O
Company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2018	O
,	O
Enea	B-Operating_System
purchased	O
Openwave	B-Application
Mobility	O
for	O
$90	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
