Mobile Computing and Networking

Mobile Commerce

The concept of electronic commerce, which is the trading products or services using computer networks, is particularly well suited for use within mobile computing. Mobile commerce, a branch of electronic commerce, refers to the transmission of data through wireless technology. It includes the use of mobile information terminals to participate in various business activities, which is a new kind of an e-commerce capability under the new technology and market environment. As the world of technology develops steadily, an increasing number of mobile devices lead to innovation, playing an important role in mobile commerce. The inventions and popularization of personal digital assistants (PDAs) and smartphones promote more businesses to use this technology as an effective method to communicate with their clients directly (Martin).