“The combination of Java ME technology, XML markup and scripting languages will introduce new opportunities for new user experiences and rich mobile applications,” said Alan Brenner, Vice President of the Client Systems Group at Sun Microsystems. “The collaboration between Sun and Openwave will help developers and carriers to rapidly create and deploy new mobile applications, and help lower the cost of development through the use of standards-based technologies.”

As part of the agreement, Openwave will join the W3C CDF working group to provide support for emerging CDF standards. Openwave will also join and actively participate in the expert group of JSR 290 , recently filed by Sun, designed to address and promote interoperability between Java technologies and the CDF standard. Sun and Openwave have also outlined roadmap for developing future products and services.

Openwave’s messaging, location, browsing and content services span all networks and devices. Today, Openwave software is used by more than 100 mobile operators, broadband providers and Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) to enable access to data services for more than 500 million consumers around the world.