Now that SMS is taking off, a new data-service wireless-application protocol, or WAP, is taking hold for digital cellular networks.

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Hawkins also said it is hard for WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)-enabled sites to offer a compelling user experience, but that his company would support any platform that users want.

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The new version of WAP, or wireless application protocol - a standard that allows mobile devices to display Web-like information - is due out by January, and is expected to create a PC-type environment that could open the door to attacks.

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The industry has now adapted the Wireless Application Protocol, or WAP, enabling companies to distribute Internet-ready information to wireless devices equipped to receive it.

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The nearest thing the GSM networks have to i-mode is a service known as Wireless Application Protocol, or WAP, launched at the beginning of this year.

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Rossmans design became part of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), developed with Ericsson, Motorola mot (nyse: mot - news - people), and Finlands Nokia nok (nyse: nok - news - people).

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