DocumentCode :
2611112
Title :
The Current State of Commercial Location-Based Service Offerings in Australia
Author :
Abbas, Roba ; Michael, Katina ; Michael, M.G. ; Aloudat, Anas
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Syst. & Technol., Univ. of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
fYear :
2009
fDate :
27-28 June 2009
Firstpage :
188
Lastpage :
195
Abstract :
Location-based services (LBS) provide geographic data for a variety of purposes, and through numerous devices such as mobile phones, GPS navigation systems, palm pilots and increasingly desktop computers. Presently, there is scant information relating to the current state of the LBS market, specifically location-based service applications in Australia. This study makes use of usability context analyses to examine Australiapsilas three leading telecommunications operators- Telstra, Optus and Vodafone- with a view to providing an overview of the types of services and solutions presently offered and targeted at the consumer, business and emergency segments. There are two units of analysis (i) the company at the upper level, and (ii) the usability context at the lower level. A number of general, regulatory and future considerations and questions are also posed in the paper to indicate the future research direction.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; mobile communication; commercial location-based service offerings; emergency management; mobile GPS; mobile social network; usability context analyses; Application software; Australia; Business; Companies; Context-aware services; Global Positioning System; Mobile handsets; Navigation; Telecommunication computing; Usability; LBS; emergency management; employee monitoring; location-based services; mobile GPS; mobile social network;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Mobile Business, 2009. ICMB 2009. Eighth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3691-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICMB.2009.40
Filename :
5169257
Link To Document :
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