Software Components OTA

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SCOTA (Software Components Over The Air) is a term belonging to a market category called MSM (Mobile Software Management).

SCOTA is a relatively new approach to Mobile Software Management that modularizes the entire software stack of a mobile device, in order to deliver customized features over-the-air across the device lifecycle. It allows deployment of discrete software components, either updated or new, to the embedded firmware of a mobile device.

This approach can be considered an evolution to the previously established update approach named FOTA, with the core difference being that instead of treating the entire firmware as a single monolithic entity, SCOTA treats the firmware as a set of individual components, so that modifications can be made at a component level.

SCOTA enables manufacturers and operators to manage individual software components over-the-air. It differs from standard application/content delivery, such as ring tones or J2ME applications, in that it enables the modification of the handset’s built-in, embedded software.