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INFOWAVE APPOINTS NEW SENIOR EXECUTIVES TO SALES MANAGEMENT TEAM

Vancouver, British Columbia – June 25, 2003 – Infowave Software (TSE: IW), a provider of wireless software for mobile operators, corporations and individuals announced today the appointments of William R. Winters as Executive Vice President, Enterprise Solutions and Thomas M. Owen as Vice President, Business Development. Together, Winters and Owen bring a combined thirty four years of senior sales executive management experience in the high technology industry.

William R. Winters is a twenty-year veteran of the telecommunications and information technology industry, a wireless pioneer and former CEO of Neomar, Inc., a provider of enterprise mobile infrastructure software to wireless network providers and Fortune 1000 enterprises. He has built and led several high technology companies and is responsible for generating over $2 billion in combined revenues during his career.

Prior to joining Neomar, Winters served as CEO of Fabrik, an e-CRM and digital marketing firm, and grew the company from start-up to $10 million in two years. He also held senior executive positions, including Division President of the Internet and New Media Business Unit, at Electronic Data Systems Corp (EDS) during his eleven-year tenure. Before EDS, Winters also served at Cable & Wireless PLC and Harris Corporation.

"With the global ubiquity of next generation networks and availability of integrated mobile devices, consumers and enterprises today can easily and cost-effectively gain access to their office resources from anywhere," said William R. Winters, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Solutions at Infowave. "I am thrilled to be a part of the Infowave team and look forward to partnering with mobile operators and OEMs to offer products and services that deliver on the promise of enterprise wireless."

Tom Owen is an empowering leader who brings twelve years senior business development experience in the high technology industry to Infowave. Tom is former Vice President of Strategic Development at Neomar and has extensive experience building strategic partnerships, particularly with mobile operators and wireless device manufacturers.

Prior to Neomar, Tom was Senior Director of Business Development at Pocket.com, a company that specializes in providing B2B2C information solutions over wireless platforms. He has also held senior management positions at ProxiNet, Inc. (acquired by Puma Technologies), Enlighten Software Solutions, Inc., WebLogic, Inc. (acquired by BEA Systems), and Verity, Inc.

“Infowave’s wireless software solutions are by far the most innovative and advanced I’ve seen in today’s market,” said Tom Owen, Vice President, Business Development at Infowave. “I have a passion for creating and growing winning businesses and am eager to begin working with strategic partners to develop the market for bundled wireless offerings.”

“The appointment of William R. Winters and Tom Owen to our team is the result of a new and exciting phase for Infowave and HiddenMind Technology,” said Thomas Koll, Infowave Chairman. “Each brings a wealth of industry sales experience, strategic insight and level of commitment that Infowave needs, in order to attain a higher level of corporate growth.”

About Infowave Software

Infowave (TSE: IW) builds innovative wireless business solutions for mobile operators, corporations and individuals that connect people to the critical information they need to be more productive and competitive. The Infowave Symmetry suite of wireless email solutions enable mobile users to instantly access their corporate and personal email on a variety of Pocket PC, Symbian, Smartphone or Palm integrated devices. For mobile operators, Infowave offers the Symmetry Mobile Application Gateway - a wireless services platform that provides mobile operators with the opportunity to capitalize on offering wireless data access to their subscribers. The Infowave Wireless Business Engine provides companies with a single wireless software platform for fast, secure and reliable wireless access to email, the Internet, corporate intranets and client-server applications. For more information, please visit www.infowave.com.

Forward-Looking Statement

This press release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this release include a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors, such as the need to develop, integrate and deploy applications to meet our customer's requirements, the possibility of development or deployment difficulties or delays, the dependence on our customer's satisfaction with Infowave’s software, its continued commitment to the deployment of the solution, the risks involved in developing software solutions and integrating them with third-party software and services and the other risks and uncertainties described in our Form 10-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. We disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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