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huggins chitiva
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Username: Huggins

Post Number: 4
Registered: 03-2005
Posted on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 11:41 pm:   

hie, is it possible to set up a wap over sms architecture using the now sms gateway. i wish to set up such an architecture so that i will be able to access wap sites over wap enabled phones. i learnt that there are a number of architectures that can be used to set up wap architecture eg wap over CSD, wap over GPRS and wap over sms with sms as the bearer. iam interested in the last architecture can you help me with details of how to do this especially the servers that are necessary from the wap server/webserver to the client mobile phone. how do i make configurations on the smsc server itself and how do i set up the settings on the client wap enabled phone. are there any servers that need to be set up in between. another question, what is the now.wap thing and how does it come into my proposed architecture if it ever does and how can i get it.

your coorperation will be most appreciated.
Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support
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Username: Bryce

Post Number: 4179
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 09:27 pm:   

No, we do not support that.

We support WAP Push over SMS, but not the complete WAP stack.

Basically, you would be hard pressed to find a mobile phone client that implements WAP over SMS as a bearer. The reason for this is because the size of an SMS is so limited.

In the early days of WAP, some of the very early WAP phones supported WAP over SMS. But these days, a typical WAP portal is more than just text, and it would be impractical to access a WAP portal over an SMS bearer.

SMS is good for WAP push ... but that's about it.