Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)

Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Wireless application protocol (WAP) is an application environment and set of communication protocols for wireless devices designed to enable manufacturer-, vendor- , and technology- independent access to the Internet and advanced telephony services WAP bridges the gap between the mobile world and the Internet as well as corporate intranets and offers the ability to deliver an unlimited range of mobile value-added services to subscribers—independent of their network, bearer, and  terminal. Mobile subscribers can access the same wealth of information from a pocket-sized device as they can from the desktop.