WAP (wireless application protocol) was developed to deliver information to the users that access Internet from their mobile devices. Therefore it is a communication protocol that interprets web pages in a specific way. Nowadays market sector that uses the highest standards of technology and communication services WAP hosting services have become a must have for any web site.
You should give to users an opportunity to visit your web resource not only using personal computer, but also using handsets as well at any time.
What are the principles of WAP working?
Bluntly speaking, a mobile device sends a certain request via wireless application protocol to a special gateway server. Then the URL (uniform resource locator) is interpreted and content is sent back using the same WAP gateway to the initiator of the request.
It should be mentioned that WAP could work using nearly any wireless networks, such as commonly used GSM, CDMA, TDMA, DECT and many others.
A reliable web hosting provider must strictly follow the tendencies of the fast growing communication market and should offer its customers to host their WAP web sites as WAP hosting functionality must be included in its range of services.
What do you need to get involved?
It is obvious that first of all you should create a WAP web site. For this you should use one of the WML tools available. WML is wireless markup language and is quite similar to HTML, being its analogue. It is necessary to register .mobi domain name that is used in WAP market.
Markup language is based on XML and is used to indicate how the text should be interpreted, to indicate the hierarchy of screens (known as decks) and hyperlinks between the screens.
The distinction between HTML and WML languages only is in the title content-type that is text/html for HTML page and text/vnd.wap.wml for a standard WML document.
Use the advantages that WAP hosting can bring to you. WAP hosting service will allow millions of users that use mobile Internet services to access your website and information contained on it from all round the world at any time.
