This study models the intention to use novel mobile peer-to-peer communications and content sharing services and determine their adoption potential. A sample of 155 Finnish customers with an advanced mobile handset was collected and analyzed. The Theory of Planned Behavior conceptual model for measuring behavioral intention was applied in the context of novel mobile services. The model was esti...

Since their inception, mobile communications have become sophisticated and ubiquitous. However, as the popularity of mobile communications surged in the 1990s, Second Generation (2G) mobile cellular systems such as IS-95 and Global System for Mobile (GSM) were unable to meet the growing demand for more network capacity. At the same time, thanks to the Internet boom, users demanded better and fa...

Using mobile Internet access technologies and eservices, various economic agents can efficiently offer their products or services to a large number of clients. With the support of mobile communications networks, the clients can have access to e-services, anywhere and anytime. This is a base to establish a convergence of technological and financial interests of mobile operators, software develop...

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...

This report examines some of the technological and business trends in mobile communications systems, taking into account both developments currently underway and the longer term outlook for so-called fourth-generation (4G) mobile communications technologies. How mobile communications unfold over the coming years will depend on the interaction of a number of factors. These include the progress m...

Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications is one of the main new areas of future mobile networks. There are many applications of M2M communications such as intelligent transport systems, smart metering and monitoring, and health care. These applications use a large number of mobile devices which can generate a huge amount of traffic along with different QoS requirements. Due to the mobility, most...

Background: Because of approaches to learning in every place and at any time, ubiquitous learning with knowledge of the context and framework, and due to the development of wireless technologies and sensors, the learning process has changed. Mobile learning and ubiquitous learning as models of e-learning that refer to the acquisition of knowledge, attitudes and skills through wireless technolog...

Nowadays, mobile devices demand multimedia services such as video communications due to the advances in mobile communications systems (such us 4G) and the integration of video cameras into mobile devices. However, these devices have some limitations of computing power, resources and complexity constraints for performing complex algorithms. For this reason, in order to establish a video communic...