Mobile commerce is the use of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets for commerce transactions. It combines electronic commerce with wireless technologies and mobile devices. Some key characteristics of mobile commerce include ubiquitous access anywhere and anytime, location awareness, and personalization. Popular applications of mobile commerce include mobile banking, advertising, booking and ticketing, inventory management, and distance education. For mobile commerce to succeed, technologies are required to support ubiquitous computing on mobile devices along with software and infrastructure. Strategies to promote mobile commerce include consistent access across networks and accentuating its advantages over desktop-based e-commerce.