Talk:Over-the-air update

Most OTA actions up to the present are not firmware but data. Firmware-Over-The-Air (FOTA), which transmits new phone operating software, is a recent introduction. OTA is also used to refer to device provisioning activity over the network.

OTA downloading of content
I see OTA used more often to refer to over the air download of content, be it a J2ME or BREW app, ringtones, wallpapers, or whatnot. Mathiastck 15:38, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Self contradiction?
One sentence says: "...central location can send an Update to all the Users; who are unable to refuse, defeat, or alter that Update..." Next sentence says: "...A User could "refuse" OTA but the "Channel Manager" could also kick them off the Channel..." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.56.153.73 (talk) 14:43, 13 October 2014 (UTC)


 * I've added the word "often", but that still doesn't completely absolve it of a contradiction. JGHFunRun (talk) 03:42, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Yes Smartboizcomedy (talk) 15:36, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

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Voyager spacecraft
Was it the first OTA programming? Noted for achieving it over one billion miles. If so it may be worth adding to the article. 89.240.193.13 (talk) 02:55, 14 July 2021 (UTC)

Why is this like an advertisement
The first few paragraphs of this behave like corporate copy describing over the air programming. this is silly. 2600:1700:66D0:2540:74AE:DC69:5D99:DA76 (talk) 16:17, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Moved from Over-the-air programming
The old title was unclear. I initially thought it referred to television programmes.

Boldly moved Over-the-air programming to Over-the-air update. Clear common term. DFlhb (talk) 08:00, 23 January 2023 (UTC)


 * I may have overstated that. I initially thought the term "over-the-air programming" was dubious, since most results I found were were from IGI Global (an unreliable pay-to-publish outfit) or unreliable sites, but it seems the term does exist in scholarship, and is present in Google Ngram, though not as common as "OTA update". Still think it's more recognizable. DFlhb (talk) 20:17, 1 April 2023 (UTC)