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Insignia and Metrowerks Announce Secure System Provisioning On Demand Service for Mobile Phone Industry
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
AUSTIN, Texas & FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2003--
New Service Helps Phone Manufacturers Broadcast Firmware Updates
For Over-The-Air Repair Across Multiple Operator Networks
Metrowerks Corporation (NYSE:MOT), a leader in development
solutions for wireless markets, plans to extend its wireless solution
portfolio by hosting, selling and marketing a service from Insignia
Solutions(R) (Nasdaq:INSG) that enables phone manufacturers to
remotely repair software on mobile devices across multiple networks.
Based on Insignia's Secure System Provisioning (SSP) product, the SSP
On Demand(TM) service provides a complete network infrastructure that
leverages Metrowerks' world-wide hosting capabilities to broadcast
software repairs securely over the air. The service dramatically
reduces software recall and customer care costs for manufacturers by
avoiding the need to physically recall phones.
"Insignia and Metrowerks provide a crucial new service for phone
manufacturers," said Susan Macke, VP Sendo. "Providing the ability to
upgrade the firmware of our mobile phones across multiple networks
will enable on-the-fly upgrades, leading to a superior consumer
experience for our operator partners and their customers."
SSP On Demand is expected to be marketed, sold and supported by
Metrowerks through its worldwide sales force. Insignia's server
software solution is planned to be hosted and managed at Metrowerks'
hosting centers, which already provide managed developer services for
several major phone manufacturers and wireless operators.
The introduction of the Metrowerks and Insignia offering comes
just days after Symbian and Mentor Graphics announced that they will
offer Insignia's SSP client technology. Symbian will offer the
Insignia client in forthcoming releases of its operating system, while
Mentor Graphics will offer it with its Nucleus operating system, which
currently ships on more than 150 phones. These agreements mean that
all new phones running the Symbian or Nucleus operating systems with
the royalty-free SSP client can upgrade firmware using the SSP On
Demand service. This demonstrates Insignia's position as the effective
standard for emerging remote upgrade technology and reinforces
Metrowerks' leadership in helping wireless carriers, device
manufacturers, and platform vendors arm their development communities
with the tools, services and support needed for success. |
