Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)

The convergence of Internet and wireless data technology has led to one of the most exciting Web developments of 2000: mobile Internet. On the end of the bandwidth spectrum opposite to broadband video/DVD, wireless application technology has an immense appeal in South Africa where bandwidth and network access pose a problem and the ratio of mobile phones to PCs is roughly 5:1. Given existing mobile phone networks and an estimated base of 5 million cellphone users, mobile Internet through cellphone access appears to be a growing option for corporate and casual Web users.