Overview:

This report provides an understanding of m-commerce in major industries including market impact and revenue potential. This research evaluates market opportunities for mobile commerce for major industry verticals and forecasts to 2017. The report analyzes market dynamics of specific regions and countries and examines current applications and forecasts developments for 2012 to 2017.

Companies in Report:

7-Eleven
Apple
AT&T
Bango
BenQ
Bharti Airtel
CepBank
Citi
Citibank
Discover
DoCoMo
Du
eBay
Fandamo
First data
G-Cash
Geocaching
Gizmondo
Google
Guangzhou
Gunslinger
Hanau
ISIS
Master card
mCheck
MCPayPass
MedHelp
MERLOT
Metavante
mFoundry
mHits
Mogi
Monitise
Motorola
M-Pago
mPay
M-Pesa
NYC MTA
Obopay
One Atlantabased bank
Pago Movil
PalmOne
PayBox
PayPal
Philips
Quadrem
Radioshack
Reporo
RIM
RMV
Sberbank
Shinan Bank
SK Telecom
SmartPay
Sprint
Streetline
Suica
Sybase Inc
Taiwan Mobile
TextPayMe
The International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Trumpet
UnionPay
Utiba
Verizon
Vert
Virtuistix Inc
Visa
Vodafoe
Western Union
Wizzit
WMC
Xiamen
YES bank

Audience:

Mobile Network Operators
Mobile Software Developers
OSS/BSS Solution Providers
Handset and Tablet Manufacturers
Mobile Payment Service Providers
Content and Applications Aggregators
Wireless Privacy and Security Specialists
Mobile Marketing and Advertising Providers
Telecommunications Infrastructure Providers
 

Executive Summary. 7

E-commerce and M-commerce. 8

Hedonic Perspectives. 9

Hedonic Perspectives of Adopting MC Applications. 11

M-commerce Applications. 13

Mobile Learning. 18

The M-Learning Ecosystem.. 19

M-learning Challenges. 23

M-Learning Features. 24

M-learning OS. 24

Smart Phones and M-learning. 26

Networking Technology. 26

Wide Area Network. 27

Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs). 28

Local Area Networks (LAN). 28

Personal Area Networks (PAN). 29

Case Study: Vodafone Academy. 30

Future Trends. 32

M-Learning Markets. 32

M-Business. 33

M-Business Applications. 34

M-Business Technologies. 39

M-Business Challenges. 40

WML. 41

Location Identification Technology. 42

Payment Methods. 44

Requirements of Mobile Commerce Security. 44

Basics of Security. 45

Mobile Security. 47

Network Infrastructure and Security. 47

WLAN standards. 48

WAP Security. 51

Payment Methods in M-Commerce. 52

Content Download. 53

Point of Sale. 53

Content on Device. 54

Mobile Payment. 54

Mobile Payment Methods. 54

"In-Band" Payment Method. 56

Proximity. 56

Common Issues of Mobile Payment. 56

Payment Lifecycle. 57

Mobile Payment Value Chain. 58

Mobile Payment Systems. 59

Current M-Payment Market. 61

Paybox. 63

Paybox Disadvantages. 64

M-payment Analysis. 64

Money Transfers. 66

The M-Banking Regional Market and Service Providers. 66

US and Canada. 66

Mexico. 67

Venezuela. 67

Germany. 67

Paris. 67

UK. 67

Russia. 67

Turkey. 67

UAE. 67

Korea. 68

Seoul68

India. 68

Singapore. 68

South Africa -. 68

Australia. 68

China. 68

Japan. 68

Taiwan. 69

Malaysia. 69

Philippines. 69

Money Transfers Environment. 70

M-Banking Ecosystem.. 72

M-Banking Stakeholders. 73

Conclusion. 75

VoIP Mobile. 76

Mobile TV.. 76

Video Calling. 77

Intelligent Billing System.. 77

Location Commerce. 78

LBS Applications. 82

Location Mobile Commerce. 82

Government Public Service. 82

Vehicles Telematics. 83

LBS Commerce Benefits. 84

Mobile Commerce and LBS. 84

Gizmondo. 87

Mogi87

Gunslinger. 87

How to Implement a Location Based Game. 88

LBS in Mobile Value-added Services (MVAS). 91

M-commerce in Government. 91

Toll Systems. 93

Mobile Commerce in Health Care. 94

M-commerce Applications in Health Care. 94

Healthcare Issues. 99

M-Commerce with RFID in Health Care. 100

M-Commerce in Agriculture. 104

M-commerce in Other Industries. 108

Case Study: How to Use M-commerce in Manufacturing and Other Industries. 108

M-Commerce in Transportation. 112

Mobile Commerce in Financial Services. 113

The Role of the Devices. 114

The Role of Mobile Operators. 115

Banks Role. 115

Technologies. 117

Future Trends. 117

Benefits. 118

E-Marketing. 119

Challenges. 120

Management Challenge. 120

Increased Customers Expectations. 120

Security Problems. 121

Technological Challenges. 121

Solutions. 122

M-Commerce in Aviation. 123

E-Check. 124

Security Needs for Identity Verification. 125

Baggage Tracking. 126

M-commerce Applications in Aviation. 126

Contactless Smart Card. 126

Near Field Communication (NFC) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology. 126

Using 4G technology. 127

Future Trends. 127

Mobile Commerce in Mining. 128

M-commerce Potential Market Earning 2012-2017. 133

Introduction. 133

Mobile Commerce in Mining Potential Revenue 2012-2017. 133

Mobile Commerce in Financial Service Potential Revenue 2012-2017. 135

M-Payment in Africa. 137

France Telecom and M-payment in Africa. 139

M-commerce Market in General139