WAP Technology

—Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is an open international standard. —A WAP browser is a commonly used web browser for small mobile devices such as cell phones.
—Before the introduction of WAP, service providers had extremely limited opportunities to offer interactive data services, but needed interactivity to support now-commonplace activities such as:   

Email by mobile phone

Tracking of stock-market prices

Sports results

News headlines new

Music downloads