WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)

WAP empowers mobile users of wireless devices to easily access live interactive information services and applications from the screens of mobile phones. 

WAP utilizes HTTP 1.1 Web servers to provide content on the Internet or intranets, thereby leveraging existing application development methodologies and developer skill sets such as CGI, ASP, NSAPI, JAVA and Servlets. WAP defines an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) syntax called WML (Wireless Markup Language). All WML content is accessed over the Internet using standard HTTP 1.1 requests.

To leverage today's extremely large market penetration of mobile devices, WML's user interface components map well onto existing mobile phone user interfaces. This means end-users can immediately use WAP-enabled mobile phones and services without re-education. WAP specifications enable products which employ standard Internet technology to optimize content and airlink protocols to better suit the characteristics and limitations of existing and future wireless networks and devices. 

Applications

Business Applications

Job Dispatch

Remote Point Of Sale

Customer Service

Remote Monitoring Such As Meter Reading

Vehicle Positioning

Corporate Email

Remote LAN Access

File Transfer

Web Browsing

Document Sharing/Collaborative Working

Audio

Still Images

Moving Images

Home Automation

 

Consumer Applications

 

Person to Person Messaging

Voice and Fax Mail Notifications

Internet Email

Prepayment

Mobile Commerce

Mobile Banking

Chat

Information Services