Recent News, 2004

Opera in concert: Opera Version 7.50 Beta 1 Released on all Desktop Platforms

Oslo, Norway – April 22, 2004 Opera Software today released the beta 1 of version 7.50, redesigned from the bottom up for Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris. Today’s release marks the first time that upgrades for all desktop platformshave been released simultaneously, with Opera now bringing its Mac browser up to par. Opera 7.50 […]

iTV design win: Telsey Selects Opera for the WAVES Product Family

Treviso, Italy and Oslo, Norway – April 5, 2004 Telsey, a leading manufacturer of IP Set Top Boxes, has selected the Opera 7 browserfor its WAVES product family. Utilizing Opera’s unique solution, WAVES can offer bothIP Video Streaming and IP Video Telephony applications integrated in the same modularIP set-top box (STB) platform. Opera 7 provides […]

Record TV from your mobile: Opera’s mobileIPG Offers True Converg…

Oslo, Norway – March 30, 2004 Opera Software today unveiled the ‘mobileIPG'(mobile Interactive Programming Guide). mobileIPG convergesOpera’s capabilities in the iTV and telecom markets by using Opera’ssupport for open Web standards. A mobile phone can now trigger the recording of aTV program on a satellite or Internet-enabled Personal Video Recorder(PVR). Using the mobileIPG, both mobile […]

Opera Sings with IBM’s Speech Technology: New version of Opera Embeds ViaVoice from IBM

Oslo, Norway and San Francisco, CA – Mar. 23, 2004 Today at AVIOS, SpeechTEK 2004, Opera Software announced the upcoming release of amultimodal desktop browser that incorporates IBM’s Embedded ViaVoice speech technology.By leveraging IBM’s voice libraries in this version of Opera, users can navigate, request information and even fill in Web forms using speech and […]

Opera Software Completes IPO, Ready for Listing.

Oslo, Norway – March 10, 2004 Opera Software ASA has successfully completed an issue of shares in connection with the company’s listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE).The company will be listed on OSE starting Thursday, March 11 with the ticker symbol OPERA. Opera sought to issue between 10 and 12,5 million shares in the […]

One Web: Opera 7 brings DOM and Dynamic Content to Mobiles

Oslo, Norway – March 9, 2004 Opera Software today announced the details of its new version 7 for Smartphones and PDAs.The new version is already shipping on Kyocera’s new ITRON-based phone in Asia, announced last week.Deployments based on the Symbian and Linux operating systems will soon be announced. Built on the same core as Opera’s […]

Opera goes to Asia: Kyocera First With the Next Generation of Browser-Centric Handsets

Oslo, Norway – Mar. 3, 2004 Opera Software today revealed the first result of its cooperation with Kyocera to the Chinese market.Lucent LU PS-900 and ZTE V91,which are designed and developed by Kyocera under an OEM contract, are the first handsets in the upcomingnew generation of browser-centric phones where access to the full Internet is […]

Opera Details Plans for Initial Public Offering

Oslo, Norway – 26 February 2004 Opera Software’s Board of Directors yesterday decided to issue between 12.5-16.1 million new shares in relation to its announced Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE). In addition, existing shareholders have decided to sell 11,844,900 existing shares in the transaction. The indicative price range is NOK […]

Opera enhanced for P900: Version 6.30 of Opera’s Smartphone Edition Released

Oslo, Norway – Jan. 23, 2004 Opera Software today released version 6.30 for Sony Ericsson’s P900, enhancing featuresand functionality to the popular full-Internet navigation of this handset. Opera’s upgradedand free download is available on both company’s Web sites. Since its first release one year ago,hundreds of thousands of users have downloaded and installed Opera on […]