The
Wireless Application Protocol Forum is an industry group dedicated to the goal
of enabling sophisticated telephony and information services on handheld wireless
devices. These devices include mobile telephones, pagers, personal digital assistants
(PDAs) and other wireless terminals. Recognizing the value and utility of the
World Wide Web architecture, the WAP forum has chosen to align its technology
closely with the Internet and the Web. The WAP specification extends and leverages
existing technologies, such as IP, HTTP, XML, SSL, URLs, scripting and other content
formats. Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia and Unwired Planet founded the WAP Forum in
June, 1997.Since then, it has experienced impressive membership growth with members
joining from the ranks of the world's premiere wireless service providers, handset
manufacturers, infrastructure providers, and software developers. WAP Forum membership
is open to all industry participants.
Goals
of WAP Forum
The WAP
Forum has the following goals:
To
bring Internet content and advanced data services to Wireless phones and other
wireless terminals.
To create
a global wireless protocol specification that works across all wireless network
technologies.
To
enable the creation of content and applications that scale across a wide range
of wireless bearer networks and device types.
