Recent News, 2011

Magna Opera at CTIA Wireless

San Mateo, Calif., and Orlando, Fla. – March 17, 2011 At the CTIA Wireless show kicking off next week, Opera enters the stage with launching brand new versions of the world’s most popular mobile browsers, Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11. All new, tablets join the performance to showcase smooth browsing with a sparkling […]

Opera Dragonfly takes flight

New beta of Opera developer tools feasts on complex code Oslo, Norway and Austin, TX, USA – March 14, 2011 Opera Software today launched the first beta of Opera Dragonfly. Opera Dragonfly is an open source suite of debugging tools for web developers and designers. When you download the Opera browser, Opera Dragonfly is built […]

Opera amps up South by Southwest

Unveils Opera 11.10 beta and new developer tools Austin, TX, USA – March 11, 2011 Opera Software is heading to Austin for SXSW with lots of new toys for developers. Opera 11.10 beta, codenamed “Barracuda”, will make its debut at the show as will the beta of Opera Dragonfly, Opera’s set of web authoring and […]

Opera and Telling Telecom establish joint venture to grow the mobile Web in China

Beijing, China and Oslo, Norway – March 10, 2011 Opera Software, maker of the world’s most popular mobile web browsers, and Telling Telecom Development Co., a premier mobile phone distributor in China, today announced that they have reached an agreement to establish a joint venture to develop a customized mobile browser for the Chinese market, […]

Opera launches the Opera Mobile Store, available in over 200 Countries

Oslo, Norway – March 8, 2011 Opera Software, the leading provider of mobile browsers around the world, today announced that the Opera Mobile Store is now open and available at mobilestore.opera.com. This storefront is a featured Speed Dial link in the Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers, which makes the storefront immediately accessible by more […]

Opera first browser available in Apple’s Mac App Store

Oslo, Norway – March 3, 2011 This week, the Opera web browser became the first non-native browser made available in Apple’s Mac App Store, but only for those over seventeen years of age. Jan Standal, VP of Desktop Products for Opera Software, is surprised. “I’m very concerned,” says Standal. “Seventeen is very young, and I […]

Get online in a snap with one quick tap

Oslo, Norway – March 2, 2011 A special version of Opera Mini for Vodafone is available for Russian MTS mobile operator subscribers who can now get one-click access to a wide range of their favorite web resources. Using the MTS Internet with the Opera Mini browser, MTS customers are able to add up to 30 […]

Opera Mini spreads its wings — coming to INQ phones

London, UK and Oslo, Norway – March 1, 2011 The Opera Mini browser is making its way to even more handsets in 2011. Opera Software and INQ have entered into an agreement where the Opera Mini mobile browser will be preinstalled on several INQ smartphones based on the Android platform, as well as on INQ […]

Make any phone a smartphone

CHT and Opera bring Hami services to more phones Oslo, Norway and Taipei, Taiwan – February 22, 2011 Smartphones are not the only phones that give people access to Internet services. Any phone can, as long as it has a smart browser. Opera Software and Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd today launched a special version of […]

Charge your satellite Internet connection

Barcelona, Spain – February 17, 2011 Opera Mini, the world leader in mobile web browsing, is now available on desktop to help you get more out of your satellite Internet broadband. Russian satellite provider Raduga-Internet offers a unique service: unlimited web surfing with a special desktop edition of Opera Mini, for just 29 RUR a […]