Mobile Communication

2013 ◽  
pp. 217-233
Author(s):  
Ozlem Hesapci-Sanaktekin ◽  
Irem Somer
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Communication Industry ◽  
Mobile Communication Industry

With the improvements in communication technologies and the increased need for mobile communication among users, the mobile communication industry has been faced with fast-paced developments in the last few decades. The developments in mobile communication technologies provide opportunities that cannot be provided by traditional communication tools. Mobile applications are considered examples of such opportunities. The services offered by mobile phone technologies are diversified by the mobile applications that can be downloaded through digital platforms, and with these applications smart-phone users become even more active users. The current chapter reports findings from a study that employed a structured online questionnaire with 271 smart-phone users. The findings revealed that mobile application use, either free or paid, is explained by the period of smart-phone use, attitudes toward mobile applications, financial cost, and opinion leadership. Furthermore, free applications are more frequently used when the innovativeness increases and the perceived application cost decreases. The results present important outcomes for mobile companies, the digital platform providers, as well as mobile application producers.

scholarly journals Implementation of a Location Services Based Android Application and Accompanying Server Backend

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 310-317
Author(s):  
Kristijan Lukaček ◽  
Matija Mikac ◽  
Miroslav Horvatić
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Android Application ◽  
Location Services ◽  
Textual Data ◽  
Android Operating System ◽  
The Web

This paper is focused on the usage of location services in mobile applications that were developed for the purpose of reporting different events that are based on their location. The event that is intended to be generic and universal can, as in examples used in this paper, be the reporting of some occurrence to a city’s communal affairs office. Such a generic event can include both multimedia and textual data, in addition to location information obtained using mobile device running the app. The software solution that is described in this paper consists of a mobile application that was developed for the Android operating system and a web application that includes a series of PHP scripts that run on a dedicated server. The web application consists of a backend scripts that facilitate the communication of a smart phone and the server and frontend related scripts used by users and administrators to access and check the data and process the reported events.

MANAGING INTERINDUSTRY DIFFERENCES THROUGH DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES: THE CASE STUDY OF NOKIA

2005 ◽  
Vol 02 (03) ◽  
pp. 235-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARABELLA BHUTTO
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Mobile Networks ◽  
Consumer Goods ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
Communication Industry ◽  
Mobile Communication Industry ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines the case of Nokia as a player of the mobile communication industry and provider of mobile communication system: Mobile handsets (consumer goods) and mobile networks (CoPS). Our aim is to analyze the impact of strategic management and dynamic capability developed by a firm of such an industry, which supports the entire system and manages inter-industry differences of consumer goods and CoPS. Recent convergence among technologies has raised competition among firms. Achieving and sustaining competitive advantage in this converging market is therefore possible by identifying threats and then developing strategies and capabilities to resolve them. This article concludes by examining how the firm can achieve its competitive advantage.

Tourism Mobile Application Usability

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Inversini ◽  
Lucia Violi
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Significant Growth ◽  
Google Play

Mobile communication is experiencing significant growth: the domain has been completely reshaped since the launch of the Apple iPhone (June 2007) and the ensuing development of so-called “smart phones”. Furthermore, together with the expansion of new mobile artifacts, mobile application markets (such as Apple iTunes Store and Android Google Play market) have contributed to the diffusion of new forms of communication within different sectors and domains. Tourism is being very much exposed to the advent of mobile applications as tools for communication and assistance during the consumption of touristic experiences. By examining a case from the tourism industry, this research highlights the importance of the usability of mobile communication in this mobile tourism (mTourism) context. mTourism usability can be achieved by emphasizing the importance of fast and reliable access to content, as well as the quality – particularly conciseness, accuracy and coverage – of the relevant information.

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