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This is a full business plan based on the launch of an illustrative Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) known as Contendus. The plan covers all aspects of the company launch plan including market assessment, funding requirements, financial analysis, market segmentation and product differentiation. Also included is go-to-market plan, distribution and replenishment plans, comparison of MVNO's and more. The major benefit of this report is to assist in the development of an MVNO launch and to help validate existing plans.

Currently there are over 30 different mobile payment solutions each with their own technologies, advantages, and disadvantages. Existing mobile solutions are categorized based on the payment settlement methods that are prepaid (using smart cards or digital wallet), instant paid (direct debiting or off-line payments), and post paid (credit card or telephone bill).

Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications represents a technology and solution that is evolving beyond its traditional roots in support of SCADA, manufacturing and inventory control. M2M is becoming more than just a tool for improving Inventory Management (IM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), and basic energy management such as Automated Meter Reading (AMR). M2M is increasingly utilized for advanced applications in healthcare, smart grid, public safety, and more.

The combination of two powerful industry trends, social networking and mobile commerce, merge to become an even more powerful force that is expected to impact the industry for many years to come. While both mobile commerce and social media are in the early stages of service maturation, the two solutions are starting to come together at a time when they can both propel each other to new heights. Social media is on the edge of expanding beyond a platform for enabling advertisements. Mobile commerce is on the verge of expanding beyond simply an alternative mechanism for making a payment.

The migration to the 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard for Fourth Generation (4G) cellular communications will fundamentally change the cellular network ecosystem by enabling new capabilities well beyond traditional operator voice and data services. As the transition to LTE gains momentum, the industry is increasingly considering market drivers and barriers for LTE.

Mobile Local Search 2011 adds more intensive analysis and many new insights to the best selling research report published in 2010. The clear objective of this year's research is to illuminate the economic landscape of mobile local search in China, Korea, and Japan along with powerful new entrants on the North American and EU leader boards.

Mobile commerce is enabled by a combination of technologies including networking, embedded systems, databases, and security. We provide a technology evaluation including an analysis of the major systems and components.

Our experts in LTE and mobile commerce take a visionary look into the future of commerce in 4G and beyond. We evaluate how various emerging technologies, solutions, and business models are converging and will benefit greatly from higher bandwidth. For example, we analyze the future of location-based services joined with LTE and mobile commerce.

For many organizations, efficiency, ROI, manageability and performance is primarily dependent on the information retrieval process and the tracking of its products. Although many corporate giants have already implemented RFID Systems, RFID faces some challenges in terms of wide spread adoption. Business process automation provides a series of benefits including reduction of costs related to maintenance and device downtime, increasing incomes through innovative product servicing, and improving customer service through proactive monitoring.

This report provides an analysis of possible ways to enter the market, together with detailed descriptions of how existing players have entered the market, including key contracts, alliances, and strategic initiatives.