What is WAP?
z WAP is developed by the WAP Forum (established in
1997).
z WAP is a protocol that is optimized for wireless
environment (mobile phone, PDA etc.)
y Consists of WAP client, WAP getaway and Origin server.
y Optimized for wireless network characteristics and provides
special functions.
x Telephony application, push functionality, suspend & resume
x WML(Wireless Markup Language) and binary encoding
y Many kinds of bearer support (GSM, CDMA, PDC, SMS….
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