WAP simulator in Java for i-Mode

Europe : Mobile Internet technologies specialist Digital Airways introduces a new version of Wapaka Web, its popular Java-based WAP simulator for the Web. Wapaka Web is now compatible with several standards of mobile Internet content, such as WAP 2.0 and cHTML, the language used by I-Mode.

Wapaka Web, already chosen by several leading operators, is a Java applet aimed at mobile operators, portals, and content providers. It allows them to offer WAP browsing directly from their Web site, adding value to mobile phone users on the move

With increased demand of mobile services worldwide, and a new generation of color services riding the GPRS wave, the take off of WAP is now a fact. "We had to respond to a growing demand for a WAP 2.0 version of Wapaka", says the company. "Indeed, WAP is back." By 2004, the number of WAP users in Western Europe alone is estimated to grow to well over 200 million (source: Cahners, In-Stat Group).

Wapaka Web enhances a service operator’s offering with the following features:

Promotion of WAP services – Wapaka Web is the ideal tool to promote WAP services. Visitors to the Web site will browse the different WAP services, get more info on them and they will be able to try them out directly;

Technical support – By offering access to its WAP services on its intranet, operators get the perfect tool for technical support. The hotline will be able to access to WAP services immediately, without having to use an actual mobile phone, in order to provide prompt responses to customers

Customization and bookmarking – Wapaka Web allows operators to develop innovative services such as customization and bookmarking. Nothing is more natural, after testing a service that proves to be of value on a Web site, than bookmarking it and being able to retrieve it immediately on one’s mobile phone.

Wapaka Web helps operators integrate the Web and the WAP. With Wapaka, the operator can better promote its WAP services and help the user customize his/her portal.

Wapaka is fully customizable and can be integrated to a Web page in minutes by the Webmaster. Because it is a real browser, Wapaka Web runs the real WAP service, hence ensuring optimal results. The server part of Wapaka (carrier-grade proxy) can be extended to include specific processing, such as statistical tools, restrictions to certain URLs, encryption, insertion of adverts between pages, etc

For the user, Wapaka is totally transparent: it is automatically loaded with the Web page elements (texts, pictures, other applets) in seconds. Wapaka Web takes full advantage of the PC: larger screen, use of the keyboard and the mouse, sound, etc

Wapaka Web is based on the Wapaka browsing technology engine, which is already deployed on a wide range of devices such as mobile phones and PDAs.