(MSM), today announced it has signed a licensing agreement with Lenovo Mobile to integrate Red Bend’s market-leading vCurrent® Mobile software for firmware over-the-air (FOTA) updating and vDirect Mobile™ software for device management in Lenovo Mobile’s i399 feature phone for China Mobile Communications Corp. (CMCC). Lenovo Mobile is the top domestic brand handset manufacturer in China.

“Red Bend’s FOTA and DM clients in the Lenovo Mobile i399 will enable Lenovo to meet its operator requirements for standards-based device management in order to improve customer service and the mobile user experience,” said Danny Wang, Country Manager of Greater China for Red Bend Software.

Red Bend’s vCurrent Mobile enables operators and manufacturers to quickly, securely and cost-effectively deliver firmware updates over-the-air to mobile phones in consumers’ hands. Its Failsafe feature ensures a successful firmware update, even if the phone loses power during the update process. vDirect Mobile is a device management client that provides provisioning, configuration, device information retrieval and security. It is an independent DM client that breaks the dependency of closed DM systems. Red Bend’s vCurrent Mobile and vDirect Mobile support Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Device Management (DM) standards and are interoperable with OMA DM-compliant servers.

“Mobile handsets manufacturers in China and around the world have come to trust Red Bend as the expert in mobile software management because of our superior performance, reliability and exceptional support,” continued Wang. “This agreement with Lenovo Mobile marks the first domestically manufactured mobile phone to ship with our software in China. With the success of this popular feature phone, we believe Red Bend will continue to gain momentum in the Chinese mobile ecosystem.”

About Lenovo Mobile

Lenovo Mobile Communication Technology, Ltd., a subsidiary of Lenovo Group, is a well known player in the Chinese mobile phone industry that specializes in the R&D, production and marketing of mobile phones.

About Red Bend Software

Red Bend Software helps mobile phone manufacturers and network operators to accelerate the adoption of new services and features, respond rapidly to customer needs, and reduce support costs through mobile software management solutions. LG Electronics, Motorola, NEC, Sharp, Sony Ericsson and other large handset manufacturers use Red Bend’s firmware over-the-air (FOTA) mobile client software. Founded in 1999, Red Bend Software is a privately held, venture capital-financed company with offices in China, Israel, Japan, Korea, the U.K and the U.S.

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