Hot on the heels of the launch of
Cable & Wireless Optus‘ Wireless
Application Protocol (WAP) offering, telecommunications carrier Telstra has announced its own WAP
service.
Telstra will enable its customers to access the service via a WAP mobile
phone, and has chosen Internet services software developer and WAP Forum
founding member Phone.Com as its
technology provider.
Although it will initially be available on GSM, Telstra also plans to
deploy the service in future on its CDMA network.
The service will utilise content from Telstra information tool,
telstra.com. Through WAP, users will be able to access e-mail, national news,
a CNN news service, weather, horoscopes, lotteries, sports information and
banking.