Title: Key issues for the design and development of mobile commerce services and applications

Authors: Andreas S. Andreou, Costantinos Leonidou, Chrysostomos Chrysostomou, Andreas Pitsillides, George Samaras, Christos N. Schizas, Stephanos M. Mavromous

Addresses: Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, 75 Kallipoleos Street, P.O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus. ' Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, 75 Kallipoleos Street, P.O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus. ' Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, 75 Kallipoleos Street, P.O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus. ' Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, 75 Kallipoleos Street, P.O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus. ' Department of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, 75 Kallipoleos Street, P.O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus. ' Department of Computing and Information Systems, The Philips College, 4–6 Lamias Street, P.O. Box 28008, 2090 Strovolos, Nicosia, Cyprus

Abstract: This paper suggests a new approach for developing m-commerce services and applications based on a scheme that divides m-applications into directory- and transaction-oriented classes, identifies mobile user requirements, and takes into consideration the constraints of current technologies for mobile and wireless computing. The efficacy of the proposed approach in a real scenario is discussed.

Keywords: m-commerce; quality; mobile user requirements; mobile services; mobile applications; mobile commerce; mobile communications; wireless networks.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2005.006586

International Journal of Mobile Communications, 2005 Vol.3 No.3, pp.303 - 323

Published online: 22 Mar 2005 *

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