Over the Air Mobile Phone Updating to be Deployed on Sharp 3G Handset

US MA : Red Bend Software announced that Sharp Corporation will use Red Bend's firmware over the air (FOTA) update client suite to allow customers to wirelessly download software upgrades to the Vodafone 904SH handset offered by Vodafone K.K. in Japan. This function will enable Vodafone 904SH customers to upgrade their phones without visiting a service facility.

Red Bend's vCurrent® Mobile FOTA client suite is pre-installed on the Vodafone 904SH, a new 3G handset from Sharp. The handset is scheduled to be available in April 2006.

"This broad deployment in a major market illustrates the value of Red Bend's FOTA client technology," said Yoram Salinger ( nset above ) , CEO of Red Bend Software. "Because of its proven speed and reliability, our solution has been selected by most of the world's leading handset manufacturers."

Using Red Bend's patented FOTA technology, mobile handset manufacturers and operators can more quickly deliver updated firmware over-the-air to phones already in users' hands. It achieves this by using Red Bend's patented technology to generate updates that are extremely compact, allowing them to be delivered and easily integrated onto the handset more rapidly and cost-effectively with 100% accuracy. Handset manufacturers accounting for more than 50% of the worldwide mobile phone market have selected Red Bend's FOTA solution.

The vCurrent Mobile client suite is fully OMA-DM standard compliant and interoperates with any OMA-DM standard compliant server solution.

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