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WAP Forum - W3C Cooperation White Paper
White Papers This paper outlines possible areas of cooperation between the WAP Forum and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The WAP Forum is dedicated to enabling advanced services and applications on mobile wireless devices, such as cellular telephones.
[September 6, 2003, 7:09]
WAP Forum Blasts Study As 'unfair'
News The WAP Forum, the group set up to promote Wireless Application Protocol, has responded to a critical study, calling it "unfair" and unrepresentative. The Forum said a study published in December by the Nielsen Norman Consulting Group represents...
[January 4, 2001, 9:49]
WAP Forum Chief Quits
News The WAP Forum will have to find a new chief executive by this summer, after Scott Goldman, announced his resignation, yesterday. Goldman, who will step down in June 2001, had been a high-profile leader of the WAP Forum.
[March 8, 2001, 10:21]
European IT Forum: WAP Needs Lessons From I-mode
News Don't back i-mode to beat WAP in Europe is the unequivocal message from industry analyst IDC at the European IT Forum in Monte Carlo Tuesday. Sheedy believes the WAP world has a lot to learn from the content and services being offered now on i-mode...
[September 12, 2000, 11:55]
WAP Forum CEO: Eye2Eye - Part 2
News The WAP Forum is not a licensing body. One WAP Forum member was quoted as saying if Geoworks succeeds, it would be the end for WAP, because no one would want to pay these fees on top of all their other wireless expenses.
[May 31, 2000, 11:55]
WAP Forum Blesses Geoworks WAP Claim
News US software company Geoworks this week received official confirmation from the WAP Forum of its right to seek licence fees from companies using the Wireless Application Protocol. Declan Lonergan, director of wireless services at Strategy Analytics...
[February 10, 2000, 10:36]
W3C And WAP Forum Team Up On Wireless Web Specs
News The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the WAP Forum have announced a formal partnership to define next-generation specifications to support wireless devices. They will work together to incorporate the WAP Forum's Wireless Markup Language (XML...
[December 10, 1999, 10:53]
Are The Bad Times Over For WAP?
News Scott Goldman, chief executive of the WAP Forum, claimed Thursday that the next version of the wireless application protocol will be powerful enough to survive the challenge from Japanese rival i-mode.
[February 9, 2001, 9:59]
WAP: The Internet Is Mobile
White Papers Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is an open license-free specification defined by an industry group called WAP Forum. WAP Forum has members representing different sections of wireless and Internet industry like handset vendors, network operators...
[November 22, 2003, 5:55]
Why We WAP: The Wireless Internet Revolution
News The field is split between two camps: the industry giants who form the WAP Forum, and those who use their own methods for connecting wireless devices to the Net. WAP Forum CEO Scott Goldman on why WAP will be around for years to come
[May 31, 2000, 12:02]
Introduction To The Wireless Application Protocol
White Papers The Wireless Application Protocol is a standard developed by the WAP Forum, a group founded by Nokia, Ericsson, Phone.com (formerly Unwired Planet), and Motorola. The WAP Forum's membership roster now includes computer industry heavyweights such as...
[November 22, 2004, 23:00]
Geoworks To Get Rich On WAP Licences
News Wireless communications company Geoworks has announced that it owns Intellectual Property (IP) rights to parts of the international WAP forum and will begin collecting licencing fees from manufacturers of WAP compatible devices.
[January 20, 2000, 13:42]
Wireless Application Protocol: Public Key Infrastructure Definition
White Papers The scope for the WAP Forum is to define a set of specifications to be used by service applications. To enable operators and manufacturers to meet the challenges in advanced services, differentiation and fast/flexible service creation WAP Forum...
[November 19, 2004, 2:00]
Making WAP More Attractive To Users: Specification Promises More Usability And Increased Security - Technology Information
White Papers WAP 2.0, released on Aug.is the result of collaboration between the WAP Forum, the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) and W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). A better universal mark-up language, improved security protocols and architecture...
[December 1, 2004, 2:00]
Studies Blame WAP For Mobile Phone Woes
News There are about 18 million WAP users worldwide, and close to 200 carriers have launched WAP or are in final testing, according to the WAP Forum, an industry group representing about 95 percent of the world's handset makers.
[May 25, 2001, 9:31]
ZDNet Roundup: A Week In The Life Of WAP
News Thursday saw it gain the official blessing of the WAP Forum for its claim -- unsurprisingly really given the Forum's lack any real power. The company also announced it would play an active role in the WAP Forum.
[February 11, 2000, 14:51]
Microsoft Backs Mobile Phone Standards
News The Open Mobile Alliance, unveiled on Wednesday, was created by the merger of two other groups promoting standard ways for cell phones to exchange data such as emails: the Open Mobile Architecture initiative, created by Nokia last year, and the...
[June 13, 2002, 9:19]
European Firms Warm To WAP
News Nearly a quarter of European businesses currently deploy WAP services and another nine percent are planning to do so within the next 12 months, according to analyst firm IDC. Speaking at the conference, Sheedy rushed to the defence of WAP which, he...
[February 27, 2001, 10:40]
NTT DoCoMo Hits 20 Million Subscribers
News Since it launched, WAP has been criticised for being too slow and for not offering compelling enough services, although WAP Forum president Scott Goldman claimed last month that WAP 2.0 would be a big improvement.
[March 5, 2001, 10:48]
WAP 2.0: Fearsome Features
News WML is a markup language based on XML that was developed and is maintained by the WAP Forum.Figure AWAP architecture XHTML Basic is the mobile version of XHTML 1.0, on which the WAP Forum based its XHTML Mobile Profile.
[July 3, 2002, 15:29]
