Nokia Announces the Nokia WAP Browser
(June 30, 1999) - Today Nokia Wireless Software Solutions announced the Nokia WAP
Browser to enable mobile terminal manufacturers true standard based WAP applications
and services.
The Nokia WAP Browser is a software product that can be ported and integrated to
wireless devices, like mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs). By
licensing the browser Nokia wants to further encourage the broad adoption of the
WAP standard in the mobile device industries. Also the Nokia 7110, the world's first
WAP phone, utilizes this browser technology.
"We have seen the need to provide a fully WAP compliant WAP browser to the market.
We strongly believe that independent software vendors and content developers will
be addressing the WAP market to a full degree only if the basic platform is fully
open and common to all major mobile terminal vendors." says Mr. Pertti Lounamaa,
Vice President, Nokia Wireless Software Solutions.
Key features of the Nokia WAP browser are its small memory footprint and open architecture
with documented APIs that enable the development of custom user interfaces and the
integration with multiple hardware platforms, operating systems, and input strategies.
The well-defined set of APIs make the browser highly portable.
The Nokia browser software provides a WML user agent to display content created
with the wireless markup language (WML), WMLScript engine for execution of applications,
support for secure data transmission using WTLS, and the WAP Protocol Stack for
transporting data over wireless bearer services. The browser implementation will
be fully WAP 1.1 compliant, as defined by the WAP Forum.
The Nokia WAP Browser complements the Nokia WAP product portfolio into a real end-to-end
WAP solution, strengthening its position as one of the leading companies in WAP
development.
Nokia has introduced several WAP products targeted to consumers, operators and other
industry partners. Earlier this year Nokia introduced its first WAP compatible mobile
phone, the Nokia 7110 dual band phone and the Nokia WAP Server, the open server
platform for mobile applications, targeted to corporations and IT-organizations.
A comprehensive, robust messaging platform, Nokia Artus Messaging Platform will
enable operators to offer both WAP and messaging value-added services. Nokia is
also very active with the third party developers by providing them with information
and tools, like the Nokia WAP Toolkit that can be downloaded free of charge from
www.forum.nokia.com.
WAP is an open global standard for communication between a mobile handset and the
Internet or other computer applications. WAP-based technology enables the design
of advanced, interactive and real-time mobile services, such as mobile banking or
Internet based news services, which can be used in digital mobile phones or other
mobile devices. The WAP specification enables solutions from various suppliers to
work consistently for end-users on the digital networks. For more information about
WAP, see www.wapforum.com.
Nokia is the world's leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile
and fixed telecom networks including related customer services. Nokia also supplies
solutions and products for fixed and wireless datacom, as well as multimedia terminals
and computer displays. In 1998, net sales totaled EUR 13.3 billion (USD 15.7 billion).
Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm,
London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges, has sales in over 130 countries and
employs more than 47,000 people worldwide. Internet: www.nokia.com.
Nokia Wireless Software Solutions is a Nokia unit focusing on the development of
WAP technology and mobile solutions and applications for corporations and service
providers, as well as mobile software platforms for software developers and system
integrators. Internet: www.nokia.com/corporate/wap