The paper presents an overview of the mobile communications industry. Many aspects of the industry are analysed including the importance of mobile communications, brief history of the industry and mobile applications such as mobile phones, satellites, other handheld devices, wireless computing and m-commerce. The competitive landscape of the mobile phone market is explored based on competing pr...

No handset-based data on mobile subscriber behavior have been available earlier. The new monitoring software developed for Symbian smartphones provides a possibility for the fist time to obtain accurate usage-level data, making both descriptive comparisons and strict statistical analyses on various usage-level factors viable. The study finds that the WCDMA technology has positive effects on the...

This paper will address some of the business factors and technical developments that are driving electronic commerce in mobile telecommunications. The trend towards mass-market penetration coupled with increased processing power in the handset are evolving mobile networks into one of the primary e-commerce platforms in Europe. The author will introduce two European pilot programs where the mobi...

In recent years, wireless networks have presented a significant evolution in their technology. While first-generation networks, based on analog signalling, were targeted primarily at voice and data communications occurring at low data rates, we have recently seen the evolution of secondand third-generation wireless systems that incorporate the features provided by broadband networks (Garg, 2001...

This paper explores the potential for audio and video services streamed to mobile handset from the perspective of consumer behaviour. The author argues that consumer choice rather than technology or supply side activities will determine the success of the services and that demand for mobile broadcasting services will come primarily from consumers who are currently using mobile audio and video s...