Mobile e-commerce--sometimes called m-commerce--is about where regular e-commerce was five years ago.

Mobile e-commerce--sometimes called m-commerce--is about where regular e-commerce was five years ago. And when it arrives, watch out! That's the view of fresh York-based Accenture, a management and technology consulting firm.

"Never mind that the present technology is slow and difficult to use," says Mark C Giometti of Accenture. "In couple to three years, deployment of emerging technologies similar as 2.5G and 3G networks will enable vastly more powerful wireless financial services