This course introduces students to the basics of Mobile Commerce. Topics include: introduction Mobile Commerce (Infrastructure of M–Commerce ; Types of M–Commerce Services ; Technologies of Wireless Business ; Benefits and Limitations, Support, Mobile Marketing and Advertisement; Non – Internet Applications in M–Commerce ; Wireless/Wired Commerce Comparisons); Mobile Commerce: Technology ( A Framework for the study of M–Commerce; NTT Docomo’s I – Mode ; Wireless Devices for M–Commerce; Towards a Classification Framework for Mobile Location Based Services ; Wireless Personal and Local Area Networks ; The Impact of Technology Advances on Strategy Formulation in Mobile Communications Networks); Mobile Commerce: Theory and Practices (The Ecology of M–Commerce; The Wireless Application Protocol ;Mobile Business Services ; Mobile Portal ; Factors Influencing the Adoption of Mobile Gaming Services ; Mobile Data Technologies and Small Business Adoption and Diffusion ; M–Commerce in the Automotive Industry ; Location – Based Services: Criteria for Adoption and Solution Deployment ; The Role of Mobile Advertising in Building a Brand ; M–Commerce Business Models); Business – To – Business Mobile E-Commerce ( Enterprise Enablement ; Email and Messaging ; Field Force Automation (Insurance, Real Estate, Maintenance, Healthcare) ; Field Sales Support (Content Access, Inventory) ; Asset Tracking and Maintenance/Management ; Remote IT Support ; Customer Retention (B2C Services, Financial, Special Deals) ; Warehouse Automation ; Security.