Red Bend Software signs agreement with NEC.
"Red Bend Software... has concluded an agreement with NEC Corporation of Japan to install Red Bend's vCurrent Mobile FOTA updating technology on NEC's mobile phones. NEC will begin shipping mobile devices with the Red Bend update client in the fall of 2006... This new agreement between Red Bend and NEC follows an earlier agreement between Red Bend and Sharp Corporation, announced in October 2005... Red Bend provides firmware update technology to most of the world's largest mobile phone manufacturers including BenQ Mobile, LG Electronics, Sony Ericsson and others."