Title :
Lessons in business model development from early mobile Internet services in Japan
Author :
Yamakami, Toshihiko
Author_Institution :
Access Co., Ltd., Tokyo
Abstract :
The author summarizes the lessons learned in the 6-year evolution in the mobile Internet business development in Japan. The lessons about telephony/Internet service development characteristics, a spiral service evolution pattern, and mobile content business model development are studied from a retrospective view on the mobile business evolution. Based on the basic mobile interaction model, the author describes implications for the future mobile business model development.
Keywords :
Internet; mobile computing; mobile radio; Japan; business model development; mobile Internet service; telephony; Business; Ecosystems; Internet telephony; Investments; Mobile handsets; Packaging; Spirals; Telephone sets; Usability; Web and internet services;
Conference_Titel :
Mobile Business, 2006. ICMB '06. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-2595-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICMB.2006.28
