Location-based services and applications are especially useful in mobile computing environments. However, mobile computing environments are intrinsically heterogeneous, since different network technologies could be used and integrated, like GPRS and 802.11. The challenge for researches and industry is to build a common infra-structure that enable the development of mobile applications despite s...

This paper addresses the benchmarking of mobile networks in terms of QoS, facilitating a service quality comparison of one mobile network with another. A framework for mobile network QoS benchmarking is proposed and suitable performance indicators are identified. Recommended QoS performance values are described that offer an industry benchmarking target.

With the entry of 3G and WiMAX players, the Indian mobile subscriber base is expected to reach 1110 million by the end of 2015. To meet mobile infrastructure demand, India will require approximately 350,000 to 400,000 mobile telecommunications towers in the next 7 to 8 years. Presently only 40% of mobile telecommunications towers are shared in India. The high growth of subscribers and initial c...

Mobile devices have disrupted and reinvented traditional media markets and distribution: iTunes and the iPod now rule music industry distribution channels, Twitter has reinvented Journalism practice, iTunes and the iPad are disrupting book publishing via ebooks and ibooks, and the television and movie industry are struggling to respond to the impact of iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo and mobile devices....

The purpose of this study is to identify the best practices in designing mobile website layouts. It includes research on the current design trends for the mobile web and discusses the future for mobile website interaction. It includes interviews of industry professionals who give their insight on experiences in designing and developing mobile websites. A user experience survey conducted compare...

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This article studies the emergence of the mobile Internet business from six strategic perspectives, highlighting the ongoing transformations of the mobile industry. The article suggests that companies of the mobile industry can reconstruct their business models with six different kinds of choices: 1. Positioning differently in the value network, involving both vertical and horizontal movements....

The adoption of mobile services has achieved a spectacular growth in many countries around the world. However, regulators in these countries are finding that existing regulatory frameworks are not suitable for dealing with these services. This paper employs qualitative evidence to investigate how regulation can affect mobile services in the Australian mobile telecommunications industry and draw...

The ICT is one of the main determinant factors of e-commerce industry such as tourism industry in developing countries like Iran. For this purpose, the main objective of this paper is to investigate the long-run relationship between ICT indices such as internet users, government expenditures on ICT to the GDP and mobile cellular in Iranian economy during the 1976-2014. The empirical model has b...

The advent of web 2.0 has enabled new forms of collaboration centred upon user-generated content, however, mobile social media is enabling a new wave of social collaboration. Mobile devices have disrupted and reinvented traditional media markets and distribution: iTunes, Google Play and Amazon now dominate music industry distribution channels, Twitter has reinvented journalism practice, ebooks ...