Mobile Internet -based WAP - Protocol.

Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) - a protocol for wireless access to Internet sites directly from mobile phones.

With this technology you have access to Internet resources from anywhere at any time. The main advantage of WAP is that work on the Internet do not need additional equipment , enough mobile device with support for WAP, the information will be displayed directly on the mobile phone display.

However, by the WAP you can not attend usual Internet sites only WAP- pages. WAP- resources are created in a special format WML (Wireless Markup Language). This language designed to create websites tailored to the capabilities of the mobile phone. Ordinary WEB- pages contain too much information , they are full of graphics and are intended for viewing on computer monitors . WAP- pages can also be colored , but less intense information and are optimized for viewing on mobile phone screen . With the help of WAP- phone , you can send and receive emails , download color images and logos , ringtones , games and applications to your phone. WAP - a technology that allows you to access the Internet directly from your mobile phone, without a computer sitting in a cafe or a bus , walking the streets of your city , you can view special wml page on the net.

To gained access to the Internet WAP needs a data channel , such as GSM and GPRS. The difference in these channels in the data rate , tariff and some characteristics . The theoretical maximum speed of GPRS- channel 171.2 kb / s, and GSM- channel 9.6 kb / s. WAP over GPRS channel will work faster. Tariffing data through these channels is fundamentally different . When you receive data through GSM- channel paid the price per minute , during which the communication was , and GPRS- channel pay only for traffic.