Red Bend Software has announced that Sierra Wireless has licensed Red Bend’s vLogix Mobile™ software for Mobile Virtualization, for use in its AirPrime™ embedded wireless modules.
As a result, Sierra Wireless’ customers can extend their investment in applications written for 2G networks as they upgrade to 3G network technologies.
With Red Bend’s vLogix Mobile integrated into Sierra Wireless AirPrime 3G modules, machine-to-machine (M2M) application providers now have access, on a 3G device, to the Open AT Application Framework, originally designed for 2G networks.
Red Bend’s product allows AirPrime customers to reduce costs and time to market by enabling the reuse of 2G software and applications when migrating to 3G.
The Open AT Application Framework provides pre-integrated building blocks and tools that make development easier and less expensive.
“Red Bend’s Mobile Virtualization solution enables us to simultaneously support two operating environments in our AirPrime SL808x devices, helping our customers to reduce the cost of transitioning to newer 3G networks without requiring them to rewrite existing applications designed for 2G,” said Pierre Teyssier, Senior Vice President of Engineering, M2M Embedded Solutions for Sierra Wireless.