Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)
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WAP is a global standard and is not
controlled by any single company. Ericsson,
Nokia, Motorola, and Unwired Planet founded
the WAP Forum in the summer of
1997 with the initial purpose of defining
an industry-wide specification for
developing applications over wireless
communications networks. The WAP
specifications define a set of protocols in
application, session, transaction,
security, and transport layers, which
enable operators, manufacturers, and
applications providers to meet the
challenges in advanced wireless service
differentiation and fast/flexible service
creation. There are now over one hundred
members representing terminal and
infrastructure manufacturers, operators,
carriers, service providers, software
houses, content providers, and companies
developing services and applications for mobile devices.
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WAP also defines a wireless application
environment (WAE) aimed at enabling
operators, manufacturers, and content
developers to develop advanced
differentiating services and applications
including a microbrowser, scripting
facilities, e-mail, World Wide Web
(WWW)–to-mobile-handset messaging, and
mobile-to-telefax access.
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The WAP specifications continue to be
developed by contributing members, who,
through interoperability testing, have
brought WAP into the limelight of the
mobile data marketplace with fully functional WAP - enable
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