LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif., Jan. 23, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Bitfone Corporation (www.bitfone.com), the pioneer and patentholder of firmware over-the-air (FOTA) update technology for mobile phones, today announced that Amoi Electronics, one of the largest Chinese mobile phone manufacturers, has selected Bitfone's comprehensive device management client suite to fulfill their requirements for Open Mobile Alliance Device Management (OMA DM) industry standard, FOTA, and remote diagnostics support for their mobile devices.
Bitfone's award-winning and patent-protected mProve(TM) solution will be used by Amoi to update the firmware and file systems of their mobile phones over the air. Bitfone's Mobile Variance Agent TM (MVA) will provide OMA DM-based device configuration and management including real-time device profiling to extract hundreds of device parameters and configurations enabling the troubleshooting of device problems remotely.
"Bitfone has demonstrated that they are the device management market leader in China," said Mr. Junhua Wu, vice general manager of Amoi Electronics. "We are very impressed with their expertise of the end-to-end device management process and deployment needs of operators, which gives us the ability to add value to our devices for the China wireless market."
"Bitfone is excited to support Amoi in their strategy of using the latest, innovative technologies to differentiate their products," said Frank Fu, vice president of Bitfone Asia-Pacific. "Mobile device management is a key differentiator, enabling opportunities for new revenue generation, as well as more efficient service and support of their customers."
In conjunction with the customer announcement, Bitfone announced the launch of Bitfone's Mobile Variance Agent (MVA) 2.0, which Amoi has selected for its handsets to support OMA DM requirements from operators worldwide. MVA 2.0 is a standards-based device management agent that supports OMA DM-based use cases such as device provisioning, configuration, profiling, diagnostics, and the end-to-end management of the FOTA update process. MVA 2.0 is available as an SDK that includes a suite of tools for reducing integration time and verifying implementations through validation and conformance testing. In November, MVA successfully demonstrated OMA DM conformance with multiple standards-based servers at the OMA TestFest in Dusseldorf, Germany. OMA TestFests are Interoperability Testing Events designed to verify conformance with OMA standards. Bitfone's MVA has been adopted by multiple handset vendors worldwide and is in commercial use today.
About Amoi Electronics
Founded in 1981, Amoi Electronics is a leading electronic manufacturer with 20,000 employees. While focusing on wireless communication handsets, Amoi has diversified its business to computer and consumer electronic products, representing their "3S" (3 Screen) diversification strategy. With regard to 2.5G mobile phones, Amoi adopts the strategy of "developing different product series to cater to demands of each market segment", and has launched sliding series, rotating series, multi-media series, female handsets and mega-pixel camera phones according to individual needs of each market, demonstrating its technical capability and development potential.
About Bitfone Corporation
Bitfone Corporation provides innovative, patented software solutions for mobile device management and customer care automation to wireless operators and handset providers. Bitfone pioneered firmware over-the-air (FOTA) upgrade technology for mobile phones, and the mProve solution is used by the largest device and chipset manufacturers in the world, including Motorola, LG Electronics, Sony Ericsson, BIRD, QUALCOMM, and TCL. Bitfone's SmartCare and MVP solutions allow wireless network operators to diagnose, service and enhance mobile devices while in the subscribers' hands, resulting in dramatic cost savings, increased subscriber satisfaction, and broader adoption of advanced wireless services. Bitfone is a private company headquartered in Laguna Niguel, California, with offices in Canada, China, Japan, Korea, and the U.K. For more information, visit www.bitfone.com .