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How far off is m-commerce?

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  • 10-06-2002 2:30pm
    #1
    Terminator
    Registered Users Posts: 762 ✭✭✭


    I read somewhere on boards that people will soon be able to use their mobile phones to purchase stuff online. This sounds great to me as most internet users are

    (a) too afraid to use their credit cards online or

    (b) don't have a credit card to begin with.

    So I was just wondering if anyone knows how when this will happen? Also will small webmasters will be able to use the technology or will it remain firmly in the hands of Vodafone and O2?


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    flywheel
    Registered Users Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭flywheel


    Vodafone offer a service on their e-merge WAP portal (and the web), bill monthly customers can register to have goods/services billed to their mobile account (a credit card can also be nominated as an option for bill monthly and pre-paid customers).

    When registered a special PIN number is supplied, to make a purchase you supply your mobile number and PIN details at the checkout.

    Details:
    http://www.store.vodafone.ie/
    http://www.getadeal.vodafone.ie/

    Via WAP:
    wap.e-merge.ie: Bid & Buy Area


    O2 offer a service on their o2.ie (wap.dol.ie) WAP portal, customers need to register their credit card details and are issued with a Wallet Code, to make a purchase you supply your Wallet Code at the checkout.

    Details:
    http://www1.o2.ie/products_services/mobile_internet/m_shop

    Via WAP:
    wap.dol.ie: Shopping Area


    Interesting study carried out by A.T. Kearney and Cambridge University: 'Mobinet Index'

    The most recent, Mobinet 3, published last September (2001) had the following findings:
    Actual m-purchasing remains insignificant, recording a 2 per cent response in Mobinet 3, up from 1 per cent in Mobinet 2. Germany showed the strongest increase in this regard, with 7 per cent of Mobinet 3 respondents claiming to have purchased something on-line during the six months prior to the study, using an Internet Enabled Phone (Mobinet 2 recorded zero per cent).

    Full details here:
    http://www.jims.cam.ac.uk/news/press_releases/2001/06_09_01.html

    Brian G


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