MobileCommerce

MobileCommerce (m-commerce) are electronic transactions over the web / PSTN characterised by the use of WirelessDevices to acquire and pay for goods and services.

It has similarities to the web based e-commerce marketplace with these caveats:

• WirelessSecurity concerns such as WirelessTransactionLayerSecurity (WTLS), security of physical units, etc
• other technology challenge include size of devices (e.g. battery life)
• a profileration of technologies and shifting standards
• legislation (e.g. privacy and copyright laws) lags behind other technologies
• provider and consumers of services tend to deal with higher value transactions than regular internet enabled activities (e.g. credit card purchases)

Enabling infrastructure for MobileCommerce include:

• GeneralPacketRadioService
• ThirdGeneration
• BroadbandWirelessAccess

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Resources

• LibertyAlliance "Mobile Business Guidelines 2.0", on SecurityManagement, out Feb 05 see http://www.internetnews.com/wireless/article.php/3482896
• What is 3G (third generation) http://www.3gnewsroom.com/html/about_3g/what_is_3g.shtml
• 3G vs BroadbandWirelessAccess at http://asia.cnet.com/enterprise/infrastructure/0,39035812,39209375,00.htm

• South Korea Wireless broadband initiative
  • convergence between WirelessDevices roaming between phones and wireless data networks http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&lid=1&sid=57609&adBanner=Wireless
  • 802.16e based WiBro in Korea http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/wimax/print.php/3439911

• WiMax and WiBro moving closer

http://www.ibiztoday.com/eng/articleviewer.html?art_id=50032&lang=eng

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see also WirelessApplicationProtocol, MobileIp, JavaMicroEdition, WirelessMarkupLanguage, MobileGui, MobileInformationDeviceProfile, WindowsMobile, OnlinePayments

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