A method and apparatus are provided for web-based real-time communication. The method includes receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a message requesting information about an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network to which the user equipment (UE) is to access; transmitting, to the UE, address information of the IMS network to which the UE is to access, in response to the received message; and transmitting, to a network device of the IMS network, information about the UE to request establishment of a bearer for a web-based real-time data service. A signaling message for the web-based real-time data service is transmitted between the UE and the IMS network through the bearer.