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Challenges and business models for mobile location-based services and advertising

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Mobile advertising will become more pervasive and profitable, but not before addressing key technical and business challenges.

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              Communications of the ACM  Volume 54, Issue 5
              May 2011
              134 pages
              ISSN:0001-0782
              EISSN:1557-7317
              DOI:10.1145/1941487
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