The Internet is attracting more fans and firms. Filipinos have a heavy appetite for cell phones, and this hunger will only increase. Further, people are becoming more and more mobile despite traffic woes. The car population is rising and commuters are taking to the metro train. In fact there are more MRT lines under construction.
Experts indeed see a boom in m-commerce.
The Philippines is ahead in this field. Smart and Globe are banging each other head to head, offering text messages on movie schedules, the stock market, breaking news. The average American does not have access to such services. Its research finds that the cell phone will be in the middle of the m-commerce vortex. It will connect companies with individual customers.