SMMS 2011 - Special Issue On: Smart Mobile Media Services (SMMS)

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Deadline: July 30, 2011 | Date: October 30, 2011

Venue/Country: Call For Papers, U.S.A

Updated: 2011-07-18 09:55:13 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

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 July 30, 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: July 30, 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

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