Adapting Web Content to Mobile User Agents
IEEE Internet Computing
What is Wrong in Multimedia Messaging?
WOWMOM '05 Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE International Symposium on World of Wireless Mobile and Multimedia Networks
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ICMB '06 Proceedings of the International Conference on Mobile Business
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Decision Support Systems
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Telematics and Informatics
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Telecommunications Policy
Application of complex adaptive systems to pricing of reproducible information goods
Decision Support Systems
Determinants of accepting wireless mobile data services in China
Information and Management
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International Journal of Business Information Systems
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WMUTE '08 Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Wireless, Mobile, and Ubiquitous Technology in Education
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Telematics and Informatics
Towards an understanding of the behavioral intention to use 3G mobile value-added services
Computers in Human Behavior
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International Journal of Business Information Systems
Enabling ubiquitous patient monitoring: Model, decision protocols, opportunities and challenges
Decision Support Systems
Exploring a heterogeneous and fragmented digital ecosystem: Mobile content
Telematics and Informatics
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International Journal of Business Information Systems
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ICACT'09 Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Advanced Communication Technology - Volume 2
Summarization of Visual Content in Instructional Videos
IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
Pricing congestible network resources
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Extended system design for RFID enabled supply chains with non-RFID technologies
International Journal of Business Information Systems
BlueThunder overcomes the current drawbacks of the Bluetooth wireless technology
International Journal of Business Information Systems
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The current adoption of Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) by mobile consumers is far below that predicted when it was initially conceived. There are potentially a number of reasons for this, but most of the research focuses on the growth of person-to-person MMS messages and identifies the high price as the main deterrent. Drawing similarities from two-sided markets in the literature, we present a business model where the mobile operator and the handset manufacturer jointly subsidise the cost of the handset and generate revenue from mobile commerce (m-commerce) applications. The model suggests that an improvement in the current mobile MMS delivery mechanism is required. We show that the improvement can facilitate the introduction of m-commerce applications such as auctions, sale of perishable goods/services, and sale/delivery of multimedia content (e.g., digital music, movie songs and movie clips) through the mobile phone. The model has the potential to generate additional revenue for the operator via applications such as mobile advertisement.