In February 1999, Japan's NTT DoCoMo launched the i-mode service, becoming, with over 34 million active subscribers, undoubtedly the world's most successful mobile Internet service. While mobile commerce is an often-discussed topic around the world, it .
Total Citations 1Well-designed and usable interfaces for mobile commerce applications are critical. But given the uniqueness of the wireless environment, usability becomes even harder to ensure. This chapter describes the benefits and limitations of various wireless .
Total Citations 6Location based services (LBS) are considered by some to be the 'golden child" of wireless data services and one of the few areas where users would be willing to pay a premium for usage. Mobile Operators however are yet to be convinced, and despite .
Total Citations 0The emerging world of mobile commerce is characterized by a multiplicity of exciting new technologies, applications, and services. Among the most promising ones will be the ability to identify the exact geographical location of a mobile user at any .
Total Citations 9Wireless communication is a technical and business revolution. Mobile phones are a common site in most cities around the world. Wireless personal and local area networks provide digital connectivity among mobile computing devices, including desktop, .
Total Citations 0Over the last couple of years, we have been witnessing the process of convergence between wireless and wired networks, under intense technological innovation and rapid market evolution. Mobile operators are trying to maintain a leading role in the .
Total Citations 0The convergence of the Internet with wireless telecommunications has profound and pressing implications for enterprises ranging from long-distance carriers to record labels to automakers. The fast-growing ability of wireless devices to handle a wealth .
Total Citations 0Individually, the Internet and mobile telephony have witnessed extraordinary growth during the last decade. However, only recently have these two areas of technological development begun to converge. The result is the availability of wireless data .
Total Citations 0Mobile business services are attracting increasing attention and they promise a multibillion dollar market whose characteristics are quite distinct compared to mobile consumer services. Competitive activity among players keen on tapping into this .
Total Citations 2The proliferation of mobile Internet devices is creating an unparalleled opportunity for mobile commerce. Factors composing a productive M-commerce portal development strategy are investigated to improve a company's strategy. Also explored are the .
Total Citations 2The current chapter focuses the adoption process of mobile gaming. After providing a brief introduction to the topic of re-commerce and m-services, several relevant adoption factors are highlighted. These factors have been researched empirically, via a .
Total Citations 2The technological environment in which contemporary small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operate can only be described as dynamic. The exponential rate of technological change, characterised by perceived increases in the benefits associated with .
Total Citations 1Privacy is the most significant and complex ethical issue facing LBS. While LBS is more than the combination of e-commerce and telemarketing, we use the ethical failures of those two media to show that consumers will seek legislative action to protect .
Total Citations 0Several statistics from several industry sources have forecast staggering growth for m-commerce over the next five years. But assuming we believe the statistics, marketers need to understand the dynamics of mobile usage and position themselves to take .
Total Citations 0This chapter provides an overview of location-based services and insight into the pivotal importance of location-sensitivity to the success of wireless data services. This chapter argues that mass-market adoption of wireless data services will only .
Total Citations 0The telematics technology, intended to streamline the information processing requirements of consumers driving a vehicle, has brought to surface the need for integrating the information technology architectures of various service providers with the .
Total Citations 0Building a brand in the fragmenting media environment is a challenging task. Advertising should be integrated and personalized, it should utilize different channels, and reach the customer at the right place, at the right time, through the right channel.
Total Citations 1The deployment of wireless data networks at American institutions of Higher Education has increased dramatically since the establishment of the 802.11 standards by the IEEE. These networks are generally deployed as extensions of the campus network to .
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