Small Company Delivers on Big Promise to Japanese Handset Vendors.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2003 -- DoOnGo Licenses DeltaUpgrade(TM) to NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Sharp, and Panasonic Mobile Communications for NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform DoCoMo's World's First Commercialization of Over-the-Air Updating Service, Which Allows Updates of Handset Software DoOnGo Technologies, Inc., the market leader in mobile device software management and over-the-air (OTA (Over The Air) Refers to any wireless system such as AM/FM radio and network television that uses open space as its transmission medium. ) application provisioning, announced today that they have been working with NEC for the last two years and Sharp and Panasonic Mobile Communications for more than one year to ensure the successful launch of NTT DoCoMo (NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc., Japan) Founded in 1991, NTT DoCoMo is a spinoff of Japan's NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) which provides wireless services, including cellular, paging, satellite and maritime and in-flight telephone services. , Inc.'s new service. NEC and Sharp already released the first commercialized handsets with OTA capabilities in October 2003. "DoOnGo's primary focus has been on supporting our customers and making their handsets successful in order to maintain DoCoMo's high standards for reliability," said Luosheng Peng, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. & Co-Founder of DoOnGo Technologies. "We are extremely proud to be a part of the world's first OTA launch and will do everything possible to make this a success for leading handset vendors." Two years ago DoOnGo engaged with Japan's leading handset vendors to provide DeltaRewrite(TM), a cable based point-of-service and portal rewrite re·write v. re·wrote , re·writ·ten , re·writ·ing, re·writes v.tr. 1. To write again, especially in a different or improved form; revise. 2. system that was available in NTT DoCoMo shops. This system proved its value and represented the critical first step in bringing an OTA system to market. NEC became a DeltaRewrite licensee in 2001 and Sharp and Panasonic Mobile Communications licensed DeltaRewrite in 2002. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an article published in Nihon Keizai Shinbun on October 23, 2003 during a six-month period from 4/1/03 to 9/1/03, NEC, Panasonic Mobile Communications, and Sharp had a share of 23.7%, 16.7%, and 10.7%, respectively in the overall Japan market. "We first engaged with DoOnGo in the development of DeltaRewrite for embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. rewrite using the differential update technology that was released in the Spring of 2002. DoOnGo's software core technology proved its worth and allowed us to seamlessly move the software update technology from a point-of-service system to an OTA environment," said Koji Maeda, Senior Manager, Mobile Terminals Software Development Division, NEC Corporation. "We are now proud to announce our latest OTA capable handset model for DoCoMo's mova N252i." "We started to engage with DoOnGo in the development of our mova handset that was released in 2002. DoOnGo's good customer care and support allowed Sharp to bring this first product to market on time," said Yoshiro Nakano, Department General Manager, Software Development Department, Personal Communication Systems Division I, Communication Systems Group, Sharp Corporation. "The use of DoOnGo's DeltaUpgrade software has allowed us to transition to an OTA update capability. We are now proud to announce our latest OTA capable handset model for DoCoMo's mova SH252i." About DoOnGo Technologies DoOnGo Technologies is the world's market leader providing end-to-end wireless infrastructure software management and (OTA) application provisioning solutions to wireless carriers and mobile device manufacturers. DoOnGo's Mobile Intelligence(TM) product suite, consisting of DeltaUpgrade(TM) and DeltaRewrite(TM), is the most advanced and sophisticated product line that is carrier grade and being deployed today for over-the-air and point-of-presence software update and rewrite needs. This premier product suite provides the infrastructure that delivers intelligent management and update capabilities for mobile devices including embedded software, applications, and data on wireless networks. DoOnGo is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in San Jose, Calif. with worldwide offices in China and Japan. For more information, please visit DoOnGo's home page at http://www.doongo.com. |
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