Movenda and Red Bend Software Collaborate to Bring the Benefits of Mobile Software Management to Movenda’s Customers

Companies Complete Successful Interoperability Tests Between the Movenda Mecum Server Platform and Red Bend’s MSM solutions

WALTHAM, Mass. & ROME--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Movenda, a company that specializes in the development of software solutions for remote management over-the-air (OTA) of SIM cards and devices, and Red Bend Software, the market leader in Mobile Software Management (MSM) with more than 1 billion Red Bend-Enabled™ devices, today announced the successful completion of interoperability tests between the Movenda Mecum server platform and Red Bend’s firmware over-the-air (FOTA) updating and mobile device management (DM) client software. The Mecum server platform is now Red Bend Certified™.

By ensuring end-to-end product interoperability and compliance with the Open Mobile Alliance Device Management (OMA DM) standards, mobile network operators that use the Mecum server platform can now take advantage of Red Bend’s MSM solution to manage devices remotely and deliver firmware and software updates over the air to handsets and other connected mobile devices.

Red Bend’s MSM solutions — vRapid Mobile® FOTA software and vDirect Mobile® device management client — improve the mobile user experience and reduce support costs by remotely updating device firmware with new functionality and software improvements. As phones get smarter and more complex, and as consumers become more accustomed to getting services on-demand, operators around the world are increasingly recognizing the importance of updating devices to enhance consumer satisfaction and build brand loyalty. Red Bend’s software has been adopted by 10 of the top mobile phone manufacturers worldwide, and has been deployed in more than 1 billion mobile devices.

Mecum is a remote device management system that provides FOTA functionality according to the Open Mobile Alliance FUMO 1.0 standard, and supports the latest standard for the lifecycle management of remote software components, according to the OMA DM Software Components Management Object (SCOMO).

“We are proud to be certified by Red Bend, a world leader in OMA DM-based client software products and solutions,” said Marco Rossi, Movenda president and CEO. “Movenda once again proves to be among the global players in Mobile Remote Management technology, which will play an important role on the future development of mobile markets such as M2M and mobile payment systems.”

Lori Sylvia, executive vice president of marketing for Red Bend Software, who leads the company’s interoperability program, said: “We are delighted to add Movenda to our growing list of certified device management server partners. The combination of our standards-based offerings will benefit mobile operators by enabling lower customer care costs and simplified remote management of the growing number and type of mobile phones and connected wireless devices.”

About Movenda SpA

Movenda provides innovative software products for Device & SIM Card Remote Management. With its OTA (Over-The-Air) platforms, Movenda helps Mobile Operators, Handset & SIM Card manufacturers to accelerate the adoption of new technologies and services for SIM Card (SIM Card OTA management, Smart-Card Web-Server management) and handset (OMA Device Management, OMA Client Provisioning, OMA Firmware Upgrade OverTheAir). Telecom Italia is a Movenda minority shareholder. Movenda was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Rome, Italy. Movenda SCWS platform enables MNOs to explore remotely, to change dynamically and to schedule automatic update of SCWS pages on USIM for thousands of users. Movenda SCWS implements the SCWS Full admin protocol even over secured TLS channel. www.movenda.com

About Red Bend Software

Red Bend® Software is the leader in mobile software management (MSM). The company’s award-winning software products enable device manufacturers and mobile operators to increase revenues, reduce costs and achieve faster time to market by remotely managing firmware, applications and mobile devices over the air. Red Bend’s software has been adopted in 1 billion mobile devices by 75 companies including 10 of the top handset manufacturers and leading mobile operators such as NTT DOCOMO and China Mobile. Unlike device management vendors with proprietary end-to-end systems and manufacturers’ internally developed solutions that are platform-specific, Red Bend is the only company offering independent client software that is interoperable with any standards-based server and that works with any platform on any type of mobile device. Red Bend entered the high-growth mobile virtualization market with its acquisition of VirtualLogix in September 2010. Founded in 1999, Red Bend is a privately held company with offices in China, France, Israel, Japan, Korea, the U.K. and the U.S.

CONTACT:

Red Bend Software:
Kevin Flanagan, +1 781-856-2589 (mobile)
kevin.flanagan@redbend.com
or
SVM Public Relations for Red Bend:
Jill Colna, + 1 401-490-9700
jill.colna@svmpr.com
or
Movenda:
Giampiero Rossi, +39.06.8810050
press.office@movenda.com

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