Location Based Services on Mobile E-Commerce

Mobile e-commerce (m-commerce) is defined as all activities related to a commercial transaction conducted through communications networks that interface with wireless (or mobile) devices. It is started recently to appear in the scene by exploiting the advantages of internet, mobile computing and mobile communications in order to provide a large number of advanced services to mobile users. In this paper we concentrate on special case of M-commerce are Location Based Services (LBS) where often the actual position of the terminal is used in the service provision. A Location-Based Service (LBS) is a mobile computing application that provides information and functionality to users based on their geographical location. As technology is an important facilitator and at the same time a limiting factor, we review the technology aspects relevant for LBS. Keywords— Mobile E-Commerce, Wireless Networks, Location Based Services, Geographical Information System.