Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)

The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is a new advanced intelligent
messaging service for digital mobile phones and other mobile terminals that will allow
you to see Internet content in special text format on special WAP-enabled mobile phones.
Enabling information access from handheld devices requires a deep understanding of
both technical and market issues that are unique to the wireless environment. The WAP
specification was developed by the industry’s best minds to address these issues.
Wireless devices represent the ultimate constrained computing device with limited CPU,
memory and battery life and a simple user interface. Wireless networks are constrained
by low bandwidth, high latency and unpredictable availability and stability. The WAP
specification addresses these issues by using the best of existing standards and
developing new extensions when needed. The WAP solution leverages the tremendous
investment in web servers, web development tools, web programmers and web
applications while solving the unique problems associated with the wireless domain. The
specification ensures that this solution is fast, reliable and secure. The WAP specification
is developed and supported by the wireless telecommunication community so that the
entire industry and its subscribers can benefit from a single, open specification.

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