Thomas Kunz
Systems and
Computer Engineering
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WAP Forum
l“de-facto world
standard for wireless information and telephony
services on digital mobile phones and other wireless terminals”
lpublished a global
wireless protocol specification based on existing
Internet standards such as XML and IP for all wireless network
lMarketing
Cloud:
uHandset
manufacturers representing over 75% of the world market across all technologies have committed to shipping
WAP-enabled devices.
uCarriers representing nearly
100 million subscribers worldwide have joined
WAP Forum
(see also http://www.wapforum.org/)