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The expected future evolution of mobile and wireless communicationtechnologies will enable a whole new generation ofmass-market-scale ubiquitous services and applications. Thechallenge now is to research and develop applications and servicesaddressing the true needs of the end-users, and to provide engagingand sustaining added value to them.
Enabling Technologies for Mobile Services takes acomprehensive approach on these challenges and provides practicalguidelines on building new, innovative applications and services. It shares knowledge gained from a collaborative research projectwhere the methods and technologies were applied and utilised.
This book is ideal for professionals working with enablingtechnologies and service architecture in companies. It will also beof interest to academics and students studyingapplications/services, enabling technologies and servicearchitectures at the universities and to anyone interested in thegeneral issues surrounding mobile technology.
Key features:
* Covers key topics in the B3G area including applications andservices from the users, key enabling technologies, regulatory andbusiness models, end-user evaluations and applications/servicescreation points of view
* Explains the results of major collaborative(industry-academia-SMEs) MobiLife research project
* Builds on previous and parallel interaction with the WirelessWorld Research Forum
* Explores pioneering legal/regulatory analysis of the challengesrelated to new, advanced application/service solutions includingpersonalisation and DRM
* Presents qualitative evaluations and field studies of more than250 end-users in Italy and Finland
* Additional material available on companion website
Enabling Technologies for Mobile Services takes acomprehensive approach on these challenges and provides practicalguidelines on building new, innovative applications and services. It shares knowledge gained from a collaborative research projectwhere the methods and technologies were applied and utilised.
This book is ideal for professionals working with enablingtechnologies and service architecture in companies. It will also beof interest to academics and students studyingapplications/services, enabling technologies and servicearchitectures at the universities and to anyone interested in thegeneral issues surrounding mobile technology.
Key features:
* Covers key topics in the B3G area including applications andservices from the users, key enabling technologies, regulatory andbusiness models, end-user evaluations and applications/servicescreation points of view
* Explains the results of major collaborative(industry-academia-SMEs) MobiLife research project
* Builds on previous and parallel interaction with the WirelessWorld Research Forum
* Explores pioneering legal/regulatory analysis of the challengesrelated to new, advanced application/service solutions includingpersonalisation and DRM
* Presents qualitative evaluations and field studies of more than250 end-users in Italy and Finland
* Additional material available on companion website