Red Bend Position Paper: Should SCOTA Supersede FOTA?

By Ilana Bogomolny,
Senior Product Manager
Red Bend Software

FOTA – Firmware Over the Air, the means of updating the software of mobile devices over the mobile network – is a successful mobile technology that is being routinely used on millions of cellular phones and devices to introduce new features and fix defects. SCOTA – updating Software Components Over the Air – is a relative newcomer, but has already become a common feature in operators’ requirements and device specifications, with early adopters among some of the leading device manufacturers.

This position paper focuses on the management of FOTA and SCOTA according to the OMA DM standard, defined by the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), the organization responsible for mobile Device Management standards being deployed worldwide by major network operators. It explores whether devices that support SCOTA should still use FOTA to update firmware, or whether SCOTA can and should absorb FOTA functionality, making SCOTA the sole software-managing mechanism on these devices.

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