Frost & Sullivan Predicts Explosive Growth In M-Commerce Markets.The rise in the number of professionals telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. has led to increased demand for mobile solutions for extended connectivity. Advances in wireless technologies are extending the Internet to a variety of portable devices and appliances, such as cell phones, pagers and palmtop palmtop or hand-held personal computer, lightweight, small, battery-powered, general-purpose programmable computer. It typically has a miniaturized full-function, typewriterlike keyboard for input and a small, full color, liquid-crystal display computers. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. new strategic research from Frost & Sullivan (www.front.com), "World Mobile Commerce Markets," this market is projected to experience rapid growth over the next few years. With revenues of nearly $3 billion in 1999, the World Mobile Commerce Markets are projected to increased revenue generation in excess of $45 billion by 2005. Expectations surrounding this market are high. With industry leaders already introducing and improving products for m-commerce, these expectations are fast becoming realities. Mobile operators are ideally positioned to take advantage of market opportunities, as they already possess comprehensive customer data, detailed profiles and an existing billing relationship. "Cellular telephony Meaning "sound over distance," it refers to electronically transmitting the human voice. In the beginning, telephony dealt only with analog signals in the circuit-switched networks of the telephone companies. is on its way to becoming a commodity," says Pagniez. "Mobile operators possess information about the geographical position of the end user, which greatly facilitates the offerings of location-based services See mobile positioning. . This position gives them great bargaining powers and will radically change as the technology becomes more of a necessity." |
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