Wireless Application Protocol 1.1: WAP Comes of Age.
By Rachel Chalmers The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Forum has announced the release of its WAP version 1.1 specification. Using WAP v.1.1, users of digital mobile phones and other wireless devices should be able to get information directly and securely from the internet or intranets. The WAP...

Finally, Microsoft Joins Wireless Application Protocol Forum.
Microsoft Corp has announced that it will join the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Forum, a consortium of more than 90 firms working to develop standard wireless information and telephony services for digital mobile phones and other wireless devices. The company's terse statement doesn't mention the fact that the WAP...

At par with the world in e-government.
AS a nation that has taken significant strides in the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) in virtually every field, from business to education and government, the Philippines has yet another reason to stand proud as the government website has been cited by the United Nations (UN) as...

More local companies engage in Internet-related services.
Byline: EDU H. LOPEZ About 75 percent of the 351 value-added service providers (VASP) registered with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) with valid licenses as of December 2005, 264 offer Internet-related services. NTC noted that 14.8 percent of the VASPs provide mobile phone content and...

Spyglass to Distribute Nokia Wireless App Protocol Browser.
Spyglass Inc will soon be empowered to license Nokia Oy's Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) browser to manufacturers of cell-phones, PDAs and other wireless devices. Spyglass also intends to provide engineering services to manufacturers who want to customize the Nokia browser for their own device. The deal was conceived as...

HP, TOSHIBA, ORACLE JOIN WIRELESS APP PROTOCOL FORUM.
Hewlett-Packard Co, Oracle Corp and Toshiba Corp are among seven new members to throw their weight behind the Wireless Application Protocol Forum, an effort to build a standard for internet communications on wireless devices (CI No 3,538). The WAP Forum works closely with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C),...

Samsung Heads Up Korean Mobile Internet Venture.
Samsung Corp, heading up an eight company consortium, has unveiled a Korean rival to the wireless application protocol (WAP) format for connecting mobile phones to the internet. Dubbed AnyWeb, the project is being backed by handset makers, wireless carriers and venture capitalists. The companies claim that the service will...

Conectados al mundo.
Airtel CONECT@ lleva a los usuarios todas las ventajas de la tecnología WAP Algo tan sencillo como la unión de tres letras puede mejorar hasta lo insospechado nuestra calidad de vida. Esas tres letras, WAP -Wireless Application Protocol-, designan una nueva tecnología capaz de trasladar a nuestro teléfono móvil...

Phone.com Sees Royalty-Free Browser As Way to Propagate WAP.
Phone.com Inc, one of the founders of the wireless application protocol (WAP) forum, is trying to propagate the use of the internet data transport mechanism for mobile phones through the licensing policy for its UP.Browser WAP microbrowser. Hitachi Ltd is the latest company to sign up to use Redwood...

Nokia Presses WAP Accelerator.
With version 1.01 of the WAP (wireless application protocol) specification due to appear in mid-summer, Nokia is beating the drum for the 'de facto' standard mobile phone internet interface with a free server API download and a ground-breaking mobile e-payment pilot. Mid-summer is also the scheduled shipment time for...