[AISWorld] Deadline Extension for the Special Issue on Smart Mobile Media Services

[O'Reilly, Philip]

Due to numerous requests, the deadline for the Special Issue on Smart
Mobile Media Services to be published in the International Journal of
E-Business Research has been extended until the 31st of August. 

 

Special Issue On Smart Mobile Media Services (SMMS) International
Journal of E-Business Research

 

Submission Due Date: August 31st, 2011


Introduction

Smart Mobile Media Services (SMMS) strategies are being increasingly
adopted by major global organisations such as KFC, Starbucks, Microsoft,
McDonalds, Coca-Cola, and Procter & Gamble. The impetus for these SMMS
centred strategies is largely being driven by increasing consumer
interest and demand for new services and applications for their Smart
Mobile Media Devices (SMMD). The deployment of Smart Mobile Media
Devices (SMMD) by companies such as Apple, Nokia, HTC, and recently
Google, is growing exponentially. Over 1.2 billion SMMD were sold
globally in 2009. Gartner predicts that this dramatic growth will
increase SMMD sales revenue to US$191 billion by 2012.

Objective of the Special Issue

Smart Mobile Media Devices (SMMD) integrate many of the functions that
previously required numerous technological artefacts. SMMD provide a
broad range of services to their users including phone, SMS, MMS, GPS
navigation, cameras, digital format music players/recorders, access to
local and web based radio stations, email, Internet access, together
with pre-loaded and web based gaming applications. Through commercial
services such as Apple's App store and Blackberry's App World, there is
also an ever increasing range of downloadable free/fee based
applications and entertainment available, including applications which
support referencing, decision support, content and information feeds.
Such technologies are also becoming increasingly important in leveraging
wireless e-commerce and supply chain management. Furthermore, with such
devices incorporating network technologies such as Bluetooth and
Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN), they facilitate the connection of
heterogeneous systems. Thus, context aware applications, where context
information is used for the consumers benefit, are becoming increasingly
popular. These context aware Smart Mobile Media Service (SMMS) create
enormous potential for personalised location based services and
marketing.

Mobile Internet is predicted to reach 22% of European mobile consumers
by the end of 2010 and the provision of Smart Mobile Media Services
(SMMS) is expected to grow significantly over the next few years. In
order to better understand and improve how consumers use Smart Mobile
Media Services (SMMS), the field is in need of new or refined concepts
and theories, as the increased mobility of consumers violates many of
the assumptions traditionally associated with IS use. Research focusing
on consumers at different stages of mobile data services adoption is in
its nascent stage and a greater understanding of consumer adoption
motivations for SMMS is needed.

Mobile (m-) commerce has the potential to transform industry structures
and competitive dynamics. Organisations need to plan ahead and start
integrating mobile applications and services into their overall business
strategy. Research needs to be conducted to understand how commercial
organisations can engineer business processes to create sustainable,
revenue generating business models, while providing products and
services at affordable prices, as demanded by increasingly mobile
consumers. Furthermore, the demand for trusted and secure m-payments for
consumers using Smart Mobile Media Services (SMMS) has also reinforced
the need for organisations and global banking institutions to deliver a
model of m-payment widely acceptable to consumers.

>From an infrastructural perspective, existing 3G mobile networks cannot
support increasingly sophisticated voice and data services such as Voice
over IP (VoIP), video streaming, music and movie downloads, mobile TV
and  mobile (m-) commerce. Initial results from the deployment of Long
Term Evolution Advanced (LTE+) 4G networks in Stockholm, indicate that
LTE+ should significantly improve quality, efficiency, security, and
privacy, while substantially lowering the cost of delivering Smart
Mobile Media Services (SMMS). LTE+ is an all-IP multimedia service
designed to bring the desktop experience directly to mobile devices by
handling sophisticated data and multimedia services in an integrated
mobile and fixed communications network. LTE+ will enable device
manufacturers, software developers, and wireless carriers to explore new
mobile-Internet based multimedia devices and deliver enhanced Smart
Mobile Media Services. However, further research is required to develop
suitable infrastructures and standards for Smart Mobile Media Services.


Recommended Topics

Scholars are invited from a broad range of disciplines to submit to this
special issue. Papers may encompass theoretical analysis, modeling,
simulation, and empirical studies on Smart Mobile Media Services (SMMS).
Special topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the
following:

*	Adoption and diffusion of SMMS 
*	Applications of SMMS in voluntary, regional, and community
settings 
*	Business models for SMMS 
*	Business process implications for implementing SMMS 
*	Dynamic data mining architectures to support profiling for SMMS 
*	Infrastructures and standards for SMMS 
*	Innovative and integrative applications for SMMS 
*	Legal, ethical and trust issues associated with SMMS 
*	Secure biometric authentication and verification for SMMS 
*	User developed SMMS


Submission

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this fast
track special theme issue on Smart Mobile Media Services on or before
August 31st, 2011. All submissions must be original and may not be under
review by another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE
JOURNAL'S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at
http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf.
All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review
basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.

Important Dates
Submissions due: August 31st, 2011
Reviews to authors: September 30, 2011
Revised manuscripts due: October 30, 2011

All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:

Aidan Duane 
Philip O'Reilly 
Guest Editors
International Journal of E-Business Research
E-mail: aduane at wit.ie or Philip.OReilly at ucc.ie
<mailto:philip.oreilly at ucc.ie%20> 

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