Recent News, 2012

Yandex.Money to power the Opera Mobile Store

San Mateo, Calif., and Barcelona, Spain – February 28, 2012 Opera Software announced today its partnership with Yandex.Money to simplify mobile payment in the Opera Mobile Store in Russia and other CIS countries.   Through this partnership, Yandex.Money will be the preferred method of payment for users of the Opera Mobile Store in countries where […]

A better web is brewing on Pantech

Barcelona, Spain – February 28, 2012 Worried about going over your mobile phone’s web data cap? Pantech is now bringing the Opera Mini mobile web browser to the rescue. Beginning this summer, Opera Mini will be preinstalled on Pantech’s BREW Mobile Platform (BMP), ensuring their users get even more enjoyment from the mobile web. Opera […]

Opera Payment Exchange brings mobile payments to the 99%

San Mateo, Calif. and Barcelona – February 28, 2012   Opera Software today launched the Opera Payment Exchange (OPX) to provide the world’s best user experience in mobile payments. The Opera Payment Exchange will enable the global user base of Opera Mini, the world’s most popular mobile browser, with the power to carry out mobile […]

Opera Mobile comes to MIPS-based Android tablets

Opera and MIPS to demo solution at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Barcelona, Spain – February 27, 2012 MIPS Technologies, a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital home, networking and mobile applications, and Opera Software have worked together to optimize the highly popular Opera Mobile browser for MIPS-based Android mobile devices. […]

Opera Mobile for Android now available for Intel architecture

Barcelona, Spain – February 27, 2012 Today Opera Software is showing off a labs version of the Opera Mobile web browser for Android, now optimized for Intel architecture. This Opera Mobile Labs release will include advanced HTML5 and WebGL demos on the latest mobile devices powered by Intel chipsets. Opera and Intel have been working […]

160 million users pay smarter with InMobi and Opera

San Mateo, USA – February 23, 2012 InMobi SmartPay and Opera Software today announced their partnership to bring InMobi’s SmartPay mobile payment platform to Opera’s more than 160 million mobile browser users worldwide. InMobi SmartPay will enable Opera users to pay seamlessly for digital goods in key markets around the globe, when they make purchases […]

MTN’s Opera Mini users grow by 1665%

Johannesburg, South Africa – 27 February, 2012 A special version of the Opera Mini mobile web browser, launched by MTN and Opera Software last year to MTN’s subscribers, has been met with great enthusiasm by MTN customers across the 15 markets where it’s currently available. In a mere twelve months, MTN subscribers have increased their […]

A new and improved Opera Mobile Store

San Mateo, USA and Barcelona, Spain – February 27, 2012 Opera Software today announced a revamped Opera Mobile Store at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with better distribution and monetization capabilities for developers, and better customization for white-label marketplaces. The Opera Mobile Store is based on the app store technology of Handster, acquired by Opera […]

Opera Mini Next — Smarter and more social

Also available now: Final version of Opera Mobile 12, with WebGL and record-setting HTML5 scores Barcelona, Spain – February 27, 2012 Opera Mini is the mobile web browser that turns any feature phone into a smarter device. Now, with Opera Mini Next, a preview version of what’s next for Opera Mini, feature phones get even […]

Opera introduces revolutionary ad exchange features with OMAX

San Mateo, USA and Barcelona, Spain – February 27, 2012 Opera Software today launched its next-generation mobile ad exchange at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, further strengthening its role in creating a robust mobile advertising marketplace for publishers and advertisers, globally.   “Leveraging our industry-leading advertising platform, AdMarvel, and the experience gained from managing over […]