Using mobile commerce services, users can send/receive emails, download music/graphics/animations, play games, trade stocks, book tickets, find friends, conduct financial and banking transactions and so on. A distinguishing factor of m-commerce services is the ability to perform tasks anywhere, anytime. Given such uniqueness, it has been a huge success in terms of adoption by individuals in some markets like Japan, while, surprisingly, not as flourishing in others such as the USA and Australia.
Citation:
Yousuf S. AlHinai, Sherah Kurnia, Robert B. Johnston, "Adoption of Mobile Commerce Services by Individuals: A Meta-Analysis of the," icmb, pp.62, International Conference on the Management of Mobile Business (ICMB 2007), 2007