WAP

A free, unlicensed protocol for wireless communications that makes it possible to create advanced telecommunications services and to access Internet pages from a mobile telephone. WAP is a de facto standard that is supported by a large number of suppliers. See also http://www.wapforum.org

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WARC

World Administration Radio Conference; an ITU conference held at regular intervals to determine the association of spectrum for various services.

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WCDMA

Wideband CDMA; the technology created from a fusion of proposals to act as the European entrant for the ITU IMT-2000 family.

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WILL

Wireless Local Loop; a technique for providing telephony and low speed data services to fixed customers using wireless. Regarded as having considerable potential for rapidly addressing the telecommunications gap in developing countries. A number of different WLL solutions have been marketed based on cellular and cordless technologies.

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WLAN

Wireless Local Area Network; a short range radio network normally deployed in traffic hotspots such as airport lounges, hotels and restaurants. WLAN enables suitably equipped users to access the fixed network wirelessly, providing high-speed access (up to 11mBit/s download) to distant servers. The key WLAN technologies are the IEEE802.11 family and ETSI HIIPERLAN/2.

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WML

Wireless Markup Language; a markup language developed specifically for wireless applications. WML is based on XM.

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WTP

Wireless Transport Protocol

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WWW

World Wide Web.

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