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| Subject: | RE: MobileLBSList: mCommerce Report |
| Date: |
11/28/2000 02:09:48 PM |
| From: |
Katharine Lewis |
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Hi Andreas,
That's true. I'm very interested by some of the billing methods people =
are
dreaming up. One in particular is for small incremental payments - you =
pay
up front for a number of "credits" on the desktop website, which you =
then
use up incrementally while purchasing items (such as pay-for-view =
content)
on the phone. The only necessity is to have secure access via user =
id/pin to
the wireless site. Do you have similar experiences?
-----Original Message-----
From: Andreas.Hofer@mobilkom.at [mailto:Andreas.Hofer@mobilkom.at\
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 2:27 PM
To: klewis@arc.com: emil.friis@air2web.com:
mobilelbslist@wirelessdevnet.com
Subject: AW: MobileLBSList: mCommerce Report
Hi Katharine,
There you got a point.
I personally did some purchasing o the web via credit card, but I am
probably not the typical mobile phone user either. Europeans are =
generally
more cautious when it comes to financial matters but GSM has been =
invented
and is still leading in Europe. Europes mobile operators are "trusted"
parties like a bank and not just a mobile Internet access.=20
It is also not necessary to type in your credit card details when =
purchasing
via phone. Billing can be done in several ways and there are many =
possible
m-commerce solutions underway.
Ciao, Andreas
> -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Katharine Lewis [SMTP:klewis@arc.com\
> Gesendet am: Dienstag, 28. November 2000 20:01
> An: 'Emil Friis': mobilelbslist@wirelessdevnet.com
> Betreff: RE: MobileLBSList: mCommerce Report
>=20
> I agree with Emil, there is more acceptance of the idea of paying for =
an
> item on a mobile phone over here in the US than in Europe. European =
Users
> are still more cautious of giving up their credit card details. And
> remember
> - the US is possibly the largest single-language market in the =
western
> hemisphere.
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Emil Friis [mailto:emil.friis@air2web.com\
> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 1:45 PM
> To: mobilelbslist@wirelessdevnet.com
> Subject: FW: MobileLBSList: mCommerce Report
>=20
>=20
> I don't know if it's that hard to believe. E-commerce is more =
predominant
> in
> the US compared to Europe, so the barrier to m-commerce would seem to =
be
> less of problem. And wireless transactions are not just in trials or
> limited
> costumer deployment.
>=20
> When it comes to m-commerce, sites like Amazon and Barnes & Noble =
have
> provided wireless services for some time. Several brokerages offer
> wireless
> trading and financial institutions such as Netbank and banks and =
credit
> unions using Digital Insights Axis Internet banking offer wireless =
access
> to
> accounts using text messaging, web enabled phones and Palm VII's.
>=20
> ...And it's all in production.
>=20
> Emil
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Garg,Abha [mailto:abha.garg@gartner.com\
> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 1:30 PM
> To: mobilelbslist@wirelessdevnet.com
> Subject: RE: MobileLBSList: mCommerce Report
>=20
>=20
> hard to believe, I would have thought that given the mobile phone
> penetration in Europe, purchases through mobile phones should be =
higher
> there. Wireless transactions in the US are either in trials or =
limited
> customer deployment, not widespread. Finally, yesterday there was an
> article in the Wall Street Journal on the customer satisfaction =
survey by
> the University of Michigan e-commerce companies, satisfaction level =
was
> around 73, lower than consumer nondurables. =20
>=20
> my two cents worth.
>=20
> - Abha =20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laura McGurdy [mailto:lmcgurdy@agency.com\
> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 3:31 AM
> To: mobilelbslist@wirelessdevnet.com
> Subject: RE: MobileLBSList: mCommerce Report
>=20
>=20
> "The report found the U.S. leads the way in purchases through mobile
> phones
> while Europe is ahead in banking, although no figures were collated."
>=20
> This cannot be true!
>=20
> --laura
>=20
> *******************************
> laura mcgurdy + tech consultant
> m-business + AGENCY.COM:London
>=20
>=20
> >
> >
> > Check out this report painting a dismal future for mobile commerce:
> >
> > =
http://www.totaltele.com/view.asp?Target=3Dtop&ArticleID=3D34243&Pub=3Dc=
wi
> >
> > Just like the eCommerce world's mantra used to be "first-mover =
status"
> and
> > "build it and they will come", the mCommerce standard line now =
seems to
> be
> > "we need to ignore these early adoption statistics...this is just
> > the first
> > wave".
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