TY - GEN
T1 - Location-based services - A vehicle for IT&T convergence
AU - Michael, K.
PY - 2004/12/1
Y1 - 2004/12/1
N2 - Location-based services (LBS), more than any other mobile commerce application area has served to bring together information technology and telecommunications (IT&T) industries. While much has been written on the potential of LBS, literature on how it is a catalyst for digital convergence is scant. This paper identifies and explores the various levels of converging technologies in mobile commerce by using three LBS case studies. Through literal replication the findings indicate that IT&T technologies are converging at the infrastructure, appliance and application level. It is predicted that mCommerce applications will increasingly rely on industry convergence to achieve their desired outcomes.
AB - Location-based services (LBS), more than any other mobile commerce application area has served to bring together information technology and telecommunications (IT&T) industries. While much has been written on the potential of LBS, literature on how it is a catalyst for digital convergence is scant. This paper identifies and explores the various levels of converging technologies in mobile commerce by using three LBS case studies. Through literal replication the findings indicate that IT&T technologies are converging at the infrastructure, appliance and application level. It is predicted that mCommerce applications will increasingly rely on industry convergence to achieve their desired outcomes.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:32444439505
SN - 1860584675
T3 - Advances in e-Engineering and Digital Enterprise Technology - I. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on e-Engineering and Digital Enterprise Technology
SP - 467
EP - 477
BT - Advances in e-Engineering and Digital Enterprise Technology - I. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on e-Engineering and Digital Enterprise Technology
A2 - Cheng, K.
A2 - Webb, D.
A2 - Marsh, R.
T2 - Advances in e-Engineering and Digital Enterprise Technology - I. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on e-Engineering and Digital Enterprise Technology
Y2 - 1 September 2004 through 3 September 2004
ER -