FOTA
Red Bend Software is the leader in FOTA (firmware over-the-air) updating, with 71 percent market share of new FOTA-enabled mobile phones as of Q4 2009, according to independent market research firm Ovum. The solution has been proven in millions of accurate and secure firmware updates, and has been adopted by the industry's leading manufacturers of mobile phones, modems and M2M modules.
Red Bend’s vRapid Mobile® FOTA is the industry's first mobile software management (MSM) client capable of firmware updating, software component management and application management.
vRapid Mobile FOTA improves the mobile user experience and reduces support costs by remotely updating device firmware with new functionality and software improvements. The solution manages key elements of the firmware update process:
- Identifies the essential changes from an existing version of firmware to a new, updated version
- Reduces the new updated firmware to a compact package, up to 97 percent smaller than can be achieved through other techniques, to enable efficient over-the-air delivery
- Installs the new firmware within the limited memory available on a wireless device
- Downloads and installs the new firmware update in the background while the device is fully operational
- Manages different versions of updated firmware and their deployment on a variety of devices
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