... customer-facing applications should take the business imperative of m-commerce seriously. Consider this basic fact: mobile technology enables a unique customer communications channel and nowhere is the impetus stronger than among the mobile network operators ... applications, facilitating kiosk and close proximity transactions like transport ticket purchases. Even the arrival of WAP technology allowing mobile devices to access the web and Internet-based services has kept the smart card at ... evolution; its WIM (WAP Identity Module) specification requires smart card-based authenticatio...

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