Mobility

Mobile Commerce Applications. The Top 10 Mobile Applications of 2012. Research firm Gartner has just put out a list of the top ten mobile applications of the future.

Well, not the distant future, but the far off year of 2012. Nothing on the list is all that surprising or, in many cases, even all that new. Instead, the list includes the sorts of technologies that are just now coming into their own and haven't yet seen widespread adoption as well as the already common technologies that are still experiencing growth.

For many of the categories on this list, there are a number of mobile apps that are already available today. But what Gartner makes clear is that we're just getting started when it comes to their use. For example, location-based services (LBS) - there still isn't one single app which everyone uses to find their friends out in the real world via their mobile phones. The List The full list is as follows: Money Transfer: This refers to people sending money via SMS messages. What's Missing? Mobile commerce. The phrase mobile commerce was originally coined in 1997 to mean "the delivery of electronic commerce capabilities directly into the consumer’s hand, anywhere, via wireless technology.

"[1] Many choose to think of Mobile Commerce as meaning "a retail outlet in your customer’s pocket. " According to BI Intelligence[2] in January 2013, 29% of mobile users have now made a purchase with their phones. Walmart estimated[3] that 40% of all visits to their internet shopping site in December 2012 was from a mobile device. Why Mobile Commerce is On the Rise [INFOGRAPHIC] About 30% of mobile phone users spend an average of about 27 minutes each day text messaging, using the telephone and video chatting, according to retailer CultureLabel.com.

The company put together an infographic that highlights the bright outlook for the mobile commerce industry, helped along by the massive growth of smartphone adoption. As CultureLabel looked to expand its own mobile strategy, the company compiled stats to reinforce the need to grow its m-commerce channel. According to its findings displayed in the online art retailer's infographic, 5.9 billion out of the 7 billion people (87%) worldwide already have mobile phones.

Smartphone sales are up 63.1% from 2010, and a whopping 488.5 million devices were sold in 2011. Meanwhile, one in seven searches are made with a mobile device. Do you think mobile commerce will every surpass e-commerce? Thumbnail courtesy iStockphoto, -bilge. Mobilecommerce - Home. Mobile network operator. In addition to obtaining revenue by offering retail services under its own brand, an MNO may also sell access to network services at wholesale rates to mobile virtual network operators.

A key defining characteristic of a mobile network operator is that an MNO must own or control access to a radio spectrum license from a regulatory or government entity. A second key defining characteristic of an MNO is that an MNO must own or control the elements of the network infrastructure necessary to provide services to subscribers over the licensed spectrum. A mobile network operator typically also has the necessary provisioning, billing and customer care computer systems and the marketing, customer care and engineering organizations needed to sell, deliver and bill for services, however, an MNO can outsource any of these systems or functions and still be considered a mobile network operator.

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