Wireless Application Protocol

WAP(Wireless Application Protocol)
Background
In 1995 Ericsson initiated a project which purpose was to develop a general protocol, or rather a concept, for value added services on mobile networks. Theprotocol was named Intelligent Terminal Transfer Protocol (ITTP), and handles the communication between a service node where the service application is implemented and an intelligent mobile telephone. The ambition was to make ITTP a standard for value added services in mobile networks.During 1996 and 1997 Unwired Planet, Nokia, and others, launched additional concepts in the area of value added services on mobile networks. Unwired Planet presented Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML) and Handheld Device Transport Protocol (HDTP). Just as HyperText Markup Language (HTML) used on the WWW, HDML is used for describing content and user interface, but optimised for wireless Internet access from handheld devices with small displays and limited input facilities. In March 1997 Nokia officially...