Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the leading provider of open software products and services for the communications industry, and MontaVista Software Inc., the company powering the embedded revolution, today announced they will cooperate to further develop the emerging ecosystem around advanced Linux-based phones. Using integrated, portable software platforms to help manufacturers perfect the user experience, Openwave and MontaVista Software will continue to optimize Openwave Phone Suite Version 7 (V7) for MontaVista® Linux® Consumer Electronics Edition (CEE) . Each company will begin co-marketing to bring a powerful, yet flexible, software solution for Linux-based phones to their respective customers immediately.