Mobile bill payment : a case study of TOT Corporation Public Company Limited | |
| Author | Chatchawan Gansaree |
| Call Number | AIT RSPR no.CS-02-03 |
| Subject(s) | Wireless Application Protocol (Computer network protocol) Payment |
| Note | A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Advanced of Technologies |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Research studies project report ; no. CS-02-03 |
| Abstract | TOT Corporation Public Company Limited (TOT) is the state enterprise agency provided a telephone service for a domestic telephone network in Thailand. TOT has provided a billing service called "TOT Express Service" based on the Internet and Web technology since two years ago. This application's objective is to provide a clearing telephone bill payment service for TOT's customers. The popularity of mobile devices and wireless technologies are increasing dramatically in Thailand, together with a number of commercial commerce contents is growing up. The use of these technologies could contribute to the proliferation of mobile commerce Cm-commerce) development in Thailand. With M-commerce technology, the payment service is accessible anywhere and anytime. In addition, this technology will bring a new payment channel for serving nation-wide customers. TOT, as a prominent company in Thailand, should utilize mobile service technology to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of services to its customers throughout the nation. This research aims to study and to analyze the characteristics of I-mode and Wireless Application Protocol (W AP) technologies in the context of service technology. The comparison between I-mode and W AP based on the characteristics of each technology reveals that W AP is more appropriate than I-mode technology due to the open standard and the popularity of supported technologies. This research also develops a prototype called "TOT M-payment Systems" to demonstrate the implication and the usefulness of wireless technology on the bill payment system of the TOT. |
| Year | 2002 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Research studies project report ; no. CS-02-03 |
| Type | Research Study Project Report (RSPR) |
| School | School of Advanced Technologies (SAT) |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Computer Science (CS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Vatcharapom Esichaikul; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Sadananda, R.;Guha, Sumanta ; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | TOT Corporation Public Company Limited; |
| Degree | Research report (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2002 |