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Wireless Application Protocol. |
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WAP is a 3rd generation wireless technology that enables users to access and interact with information and services on WAP enabled devices such as mobile phones and palm pilot computers. |
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WAP was designed and is owned by a consortium of industry vendors such as Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola and many others. Information about the protocol and development can be found at www.wapforum.org. |
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Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) was developed in order to meet the increasing demand for mobility, enabling customers and employees to access information and transact wherever they are. |
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What are the forecasts for the use of WAP devices? |
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Conservative estimates indicate that there will be 1 billion phone users by 2005, and a substantial proportion will have multimedia capabilities. |
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What are the applications for WAP? |
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The applications are widespread for the corporate and the consumer. On the consumer side, the technology will enable us to use our time more effectively by facilitating wireless retailing, banking and information retrieval such as weather, traffic and news.
On the corporate side the applications such as mobile intra and extranets will enable employees and business partners to access data in a cost and time efficient manner, thus improving employee productivity and therefore overall business performance.
However, the underlying advantage for businesses is the constant availability of their services, which will be the key to commercial competitiveness in the long-term. |
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What are the corporate applications? |
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- Offer existing services on a global 24/7 basis.
- Create innovative new services for consumers.
- Easily integrate from Web tools to WAP tools.
- Provide wireless access to contact management, order entry, product availability enabling faster decision making and superior business performance.
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What are the corporate benefits? |
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- Increases employee productivity.
- Improves business performance though continuous mobile access to corporate intra and extranets.
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What are the benefits to the consumer? |
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- Time is saved in paying bills
- Buy tickets
- Manage agendas
- Check travel times
- Read the latest news
- Check bank balances
- Transfer monies between accounts
- Send and receive e-mails
For comprehensive technical information concerning WAP and wireless development use the following links:
www.wap-resources.net or www.allnetdevices.com |
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Yes. WAP includes a specification called WTLS which implements options for authentication and encryption and is optimised for use in the mobile environment |
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Will WAP comply with Third Generation wireless standards? |
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Yes, WAP has been designed to be as independent as possible from the underlying network technology. |
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Which wireless networks does WAP work with? |
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WAP is designed to work with most wireless networks such as CDPD, CDMA, GSM, PDC, PHS, TDMA, FLEX, ReFLEX, iDEN, TETRA, DECT, DataTAC, Mobitex |
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What operating systems are compatible with WAP? |
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WAP is a communications protocol and an application environment. It can be built on any operating system including PalmOS, EPOC, Windows CE, FLEXOS, OS/9, JavaOS etc. It provides service interoperability even between different device families. |
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