The General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a new packet-based service that has been introduced on many GSM and TDMA moble networks from the year 2000 onwards. It is immediate as there is no dial up connection, relatively fast (upto 177.2 kbps in the very best theoretical high side). It supports virtual connectivity allowing relevant information to be sent from the network as and when it is generated.
It is expected that the WAP based network shall also support the GPRS services very soon. It is also possible that if the initial pull from the WAP side were strong through SMS and Circuit Switched Data Services then SMS would take over GPRS. It is also possible that both the WAP and GPRS services can be provided on the same network and it is left to the user to select the one the intends to use.
WAP will play an important role for the development of GPRS based applications since due to the specific nature WAP stack. The seperation of better level from the application layer in the WAP protocol stack provides for the ideal organized and standardized way to use the same application on different bearers.
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