Mobile commerce: why IT chiefs must be in the driving seat

Dawinderpal Sahota
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Transport, retail, entertainment and financial services firms all stand to make big money from mobile commerce, but what are the IT implications?

With the proliferation of smartphones over the past couple of years, it is easy to forget that mobile commerce (m-commerce) began back in 1997 when the first two mobile phone-enabled Coca-Cola vend...

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