Recent News, 2011

Small world on small screens

New mobile social surfing stats from Opera Oslo, Norway – May 24, 2011 There is no doubt that social media is king of the mobile phone. Fresh results from the Opera State of the Mobile Web report reveal that the social component is dominant in the surfing habits of the top 20 mobile-surfing countries. Social […]

Mobiltel joins the Opera Mini adventure

Mobiltel, part of Telekom Austria Group, in association with Vodafone, will offer Opera Mini in Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria – May 19, 2011 Today Mobiltel and Opera Software announced that, through their partner market agreement with Vodafone, they will offer a customized version of the Opera Mini mobile browser for the first time in Bulgaria. This […]

InOutTV chooses Opera browser for TV platform

Oslo, Norway – May 18, 2011 Opera Software today announced that InOutTV, the largest Over-the-Top operator in Spain, has chosen the Opera browser for its television platform. This opens the door for advanced web technologies adoption as a seamless means to bring content to millions of end users running Opera on their TVs. Opera Software […]

Culinary delights for your phone

Opera Mini users can now savor delicious content on phones served by Hungama.com Oslo, Norway and Mumbai, India – May 18, 2011 Be it food or the latest Bollywood songs, it is always satisfying when you get a sumptuous helping of your favorite delicacies. In order to keep Opera Mini users” web platter filled with […]

Huawei E173 with Telkomsel Flash and Opera desktop browser — Smart solution for fast Internet access

Jakarta, Indonesia – May 12, 2011 Huawei Device Indonesia today announced a new modem, Huawei E173, as a continuation of its product development strategy, Smart Device, Simple World. The Huawei E173 modem was developed as an innovative tool to provide a faster browsing experience for Internet users. The new modem, designed to give Internet users […]

Opera Dragonfly now all grown up

Oslo, Norway – May 5, 2011 Opera Dragonfly, Opera’s developer toolkit, makes its full debut today. Now mature after a six-week beta, the new Opera Dragonfly emerges with a collection of tools to make web design and development faster, smarter and easier. Three reasons why you should consider Opera Dragonfly in your web development arsenal: […]

When disaster strikes, information need sets in

Oslo, Norway – April 19, 2011 In the middle of March, Japan was struck by one of the largest earthquakes in modern history and a devastating tsunami. Millions of lives were affected by the event, some directly by the force of nature, others by the need to obtain more information about their surroundings. “It could […]

Opera spends record budget on campaign

Oslo, Norway – April 12, 2011 Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Apple – Opera today joined the ranks of those web giants as the company unveiled the most expensive ad ever created by the company to promote the launch of the Opera 11.10 browser. Opera spared little expense to showcase a major overhaul of the Opera […]

Opera Devices SDK empowers Humax’s Hybrid set-top-box

Oslo, Norway – April 7, 2011 Opera Software today announced a new partnership with Humax, the global set-top-box manufacturer. With this partnership, Opera Software will provide licenses for the Opera Devices SDK (Software Development Tool Kit) on Humax’s Hybrid set-top box (STB) including HbbTV. Opera Devices SDK is a documented API (application programming interface) for […]

Opera reaches (another) 100 million users

Oslo, Norway – April 7, 2011 Opera Software today tinkered in its giant statistics machine and found that Opera Mini reached 100 million monthly users in March and two billion daily page views – new peaks for the world’s most used mobile browser. “Sweeeet!” said Lars Boilesen, CEO, Opera Software. Hold the phone: didn’t Opera […]