In addition to mobility, heterogeneity is one of the root causes for challenges of the mobileInternet. At all levels heterogeneity can be found: For handsets, networks and software. Thisdiversity leads to negative consequences, both technological and economic, for stakeholdersof the value chain...

Studies about Mobile TV show that this way of television generally meets with user interest.Disagreement about technical standards, discrepancies between the actors in the mobile TV sectorand little user acceptance about the concrete Mobile TV offering are reasons for the failure of MobileTV in...

Meanwhile, standard mobile phones are able to run applications which can be installed additionally tothose provided by the network operators. These applications can be used for various purposes - onepossibility is to use mobile phones for guiding persons on unknown territory. Mobile phones...

The mobile data communication is a much discussed topic since several years. So far, there are nosweeping applications established yet. This work investigates successful business models in themobile internet and the relevant general conditions regarding market, technological and useracceptance...

Accessing the World Wide Web via mobile end devices is increasing steadily. Mobile access is limitedby device properties and radio networks. In the past, software developers responded to this by specialstandards for a special mobile web: WAP, HDML, WML, C-HTML and XHTML-MP. However, theWorld...

Mobility is obviously one of the main characteristics of the mobile Internet. Next toheterogeneity it is one of the root causes for challenges when mobile end devices are used.Mobility leads to specific characteristics of the usage of end devices which can becategorized as technical, social and...