New technology enables mobile operators to quickly deliver high-quality audio streaming to subscribers without buffering or stalling Opera Software’s Skyfire unit has added streaming audio optimization as a new feature to Rocket Optimizer, its NFV-ready video and data optimization platform for mobile operators, the company announced today. A recent study by research firm Strategy Analytics […]
100 million Android active users are now accessing the web using Opera’s browsers, twice as many as one year ago, Opera Software announced today. India, followed by China, Indonesia, Russia and Mexico have the largest number of Opera users on Android. “We are working hard to make fast, secure and easy-to-use web browsers, and I […]
Opera Mini will become the default web browser for Microsoft’s existing feature phones and Asha phones portfolio, Opera Software today announced. The licensing agreement applies to mobile phones based on the Series 30+, Series 40 and Asha software platforms. As part of the agreement, people who use the current browser for these phones, Xpress, will […]
Opera Software and Robi Axiata, the second-largest mobile operator in Bangladesh in terms of revenue, have signed an agreement to offer a co-branded Opera Mini web browser for Robi subscribers. Opera Mini is a cloud-based browser that compresses data by up to 90% and works on almost all kinds of mobile handsets. Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, […]
Enhance your travel search with browser tools at your fingertips Whether it’s a transcontinental adventure or a weekend road trip, anyone can be a spontaneous traveler – all you need is a little practice. With the release of the new iOS version of their mobile web browser, Opera Mini, Opera Software shares some valuable browser […]
Leading Vietnamese smartphone brand Mobiistar will preinstall Opera Max on selected phone models, in a partnership that marks the debut of Opera Software’s compression app in Vietnam. Opera Max is an app that provides data savings across most of the apps and browsers on a device. Opera has leveraged its market-leading video and data compression […]
Data-savings app extends the life of data plans by up to 50% – for free Turkish users no longer have to worry about exceeding their data plans before the end of the month. Opera Max, the new, free data-savings app for Android that shrinks videos and photos across almost any app on your phone, is now available […]
In its first partnership in Nepal, Opera Software has joined hands with Ncell, Nepal’s leading telecommunications operator, to boost mobile web services across the country. With this deal, Ncell will be able to offer a co-branded version of the Opera Mini web browser to its more than 11 million subscribers. Opera Mini features a unique […]
Here’s your online guide to offbeat travel websites When it comes to travel planning, gone are the days of skimming through hefty guidebooks and relying on word-of-mouth advice. Travellers today are pampered with countless websites providing endless information and services to help them quench their wanderlust. There is one problem though: they all look the […]
Leading mobile video advertising platform to consolidate under Opera’s mobile ad subsidiary Opera Mediaworks Opera announced today that it has completed its purchase of mobile video advertising platform AdColony. The deal was announced in June and first reported by The Wall Street Journal’s CMO Today. The acquisition of AdColony, which specializes in delivering TV-like HD mobile video uninhibited by […]
