Recent News, 2013

Opera Mediaworks launched

The world’s leading mobile advertising platform Opera Software today announced the launch of its fully-owned subsidiary Opera Mediaworks, which focuses on providing advertising, content distribution and monetization services to the global mobile marketplace. Opera Mediaworks services more than 80,000 mobile sites and mobile applications, managing more than 50 Billion ad impressions per month and enabling […]

Opera new kid on the block on I WIT tablets

Opera lands on fun tablets for children Opera Software today announced a collaboration with I WIT Digital to preinstall Opera Mobile and the Opera Mobile Store on their Android tablets for kids, giving parents a range of fun and free apps for their children. I WIT, which specializes in designing and producing tablet devices for […]

Take your time and surf

VimpelCom Ltd., a leading global provider of telecommunications services, will soon offer its subscribers around the world the most user-friendly, simple and efficient way of mobile surfing with Opera Web Pass, thereby strengthening VimpelCom’s existing partnership with Opera Software. Opera Web Pass allows users to browse the mobile internet in a way that is tailored […]

A closer look at Opera Web Pass in action

Not long ago, Opera Software introduced Opera Web Pass, an easy and accessible way of getting online for those mobile subscribers without existing data plans. Using the Opera Mini web browser, Opera Web Pass lets the user purchase packages of mobile online access, such as an hour of Facebook or a day of surfing the […]

Opera and Binbit bring mobile-payment freedom to Opera Mini

Opera Software and Binbit today announced an agreement that will enable users of the Opera Mini mobile browser to use and pay for Binbit’s mobile entertainment services easily, resulting in a far superior mobile-payment experience. As part of the agreement with Opera Commerce, a fully-owned subsidiary of Opera Software, Binbit’s products and services will be […]

Opera acquires Skyfire, broadens its mobile operator solutions beyond the browser

Opera adds Skyfire’s video-optimization and smartphone monetization products to its operator business unit Opera Software announced today that it has acquired Silicon Valley based Skyfire Labs, a leader in mobile video optimization and cloud solutions for mobility. Skyfire, headquartered in Mountain View, California, is known for its Rocket Optimizer™ software. This allows mobile operators to […]

Opera gears up at 300 million users

Opera Software today announced reaching the milestone of 300 million monthly users across all its browser products on phones, tablets, TVs and computers. “300 million marks the first lap, but the race goes on,” says Lars Boilesen, CEO of Opera Software. “On the final stretch up to 300 million users, we have experienced the fastest […]

Opera Mediaworks Q4 2012 report shows record growth in mobile advertising, Android on the rise

Opera Mediaworks, an Opera Software company, today published its Q4 State of the Mobile Advertising report, sharing key mobile advertising data and trends from the last quarter of 2012. The source of the data is the company’s extensive mobile advertising platform, which serves 50+ billion ad impressions per month via 12,000 mobile sites and apps, […]

Reaching millions of app-hungry users

Opera TV Store integrated into MediaTek’s series of Smart TV solutions Opera today announces that MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, has integrated the Opera TV Store into its Smart TV solution. Manufacturers that implement MediaTek chipsets can now provide web functionality and application environments for their […]

Opera and Neomobile to bring one-click mobile payments to Opera Mini

Opera Software and Neomobile today announced they will work together to bring mobile payment freedom to users of Neomobile services and the Opera Mini mobile browser. As part of the agreement with Opera Commerce, a fully-owned subsidiary of Opera Software, the Neomobile mobile payment system will be integrated into the Opera Payment Exchange (OPX). OPX’s […]