The Contribution of Information Technology to Enhancing Mobile Trade Infrastructure: - A Case Study of the United Arab Emirates-

Abstract

Mobile phones began to spread as a means of carrying out commercial operations, which is known as mobile commerce, or mobile e-commerce, which means carrying out commercial activities such as selling, buying and marketing products and services through smart mobile devices and using Internet networks, and that this type of trade has begun to spread in the Arab region, especially in the United Arab Emirates, which has begun to witness a great development, The study found that the UAE is working to develop the infrastructure for mobile commerce by developing the uses of the Internet and mobile phones, and that what facilitates the opportunities for the expansion of mobile trade is the fact that the mobile phone is moving towards its full integration with the Internet to become a single device, in addition to the fact that the mobile phone has become faster spread among customers than the speed of trading laptops.

The study recommends the need to provide the necessary infrastructure to benefit from mobile commerce by developing the uses of the Internet and mobile phone, in addition to the need to enact laws, regulations and legislation that facilitate the spread of e-commerce business to enhance confidence in mobile commerce.