Recent News, 2014

Opera and MTS Russia launch App Market store

Subscribers get unlimited access to mobile entertainment MTS Russia subscribers will get unlimited access to games and apps with today’s launch of App Market, following a cooperation between Opera Software and Mobile TeleSystems, the leading telecommunications operator in Russia and CIS. The App Market store, built on the same technology pioneered by the Opera Mobile Store, […]

The 10 Most Handy Apps for a Hassle-Free Vacation

Whether traveling within your country or to the globe’s most exotic locations, most travelers will experience some frustrating roadblocks. While technology can’t solve all of your problems, it can certainly make your life on the go a lot more worry-free. You have to worry about booking tickets, hotels, and more – Opera Software is here […]

Idea becomes the first network in South Asia to launch Sponsored Opera Web Pass in association with Quikr

Quikr teams up with Idea and Opera as the first advertiser to lower the barriers for Indians to come online Idea Cellular, India’s 3rd-largest mobile operator and Opera Software have joined hands with Quikr, India’s largest online mobile classifieds portal to offer sponsored mobile data through Sponsored Web Passes for over 137 million Idea customers […]

Banglalink brings better mobile web browsing with Opera Mini

Opera Software today announced its partnership with Bangladesh’s second largest cellular operator – Banglalink for delivering a special co-branded mobile web browser to its more than 29 million subscribers. The special co-branded Opera Mini mobile browser will enable Banglalink subscribers to access a rich, fast and data-efficient mobile browser ideally suited for low-cost mobile phones. […]

Browsing abroad this break?

10 tips for slashing your data roaming bill Anywhere, anytime: Getting online while traveling is easier than ever with Opera Mini. Heading abroad for your next vacation, but afraid to surf the net on your mobile because you dread the phone bill when you get home? If you’re desperate to check email while on the […]

Opera Software gives its Opera Mini browser on iOS a complete makeover

Get going on the web – anywhere, anytime – with new Opera Mini on iOS Introducing Opera Mini 8 – the biggest update for the Opera Mini mobile browser on iPhone and iPad to date. Available for free in the Apple App Store today, Opera Mini 8 will get you to anywhere on the web […]

Avea, Yandex and Opera celebrate summer by giving away 100,000 weeks of free internet

Imagine having almost 2,000 years of free internet access on a mobile phone. That is what Yandex and Opera Software are now giving away to Avea customers in Turkey. Of course, the 100,000 weeks of free internet access won’t be given to a single subscriber, but fairly divided among 100,000 subscribers, who will each receive […]

Faster, fashionable and thumb friendly

Exclusive entertainment news portal free for Vinaphone-Opera Mini users Vinaphone, Opera Software and Yan News today have announced a content partnership to form a mobile entertainment news initiative in Vietnam. Called VOY, the initiative not only represents the partnership among Vinaphone, Opera and Yan News, but also stands for “Voice of Youth”, catering to mobile-entertainment-savvy youngsters in Vietnam. This free […]

Watch more football, spend less money

New data-savings app for Android, Opera Max, now live in Brazil Just in time for things heating up in the world’s biggest football championship, Opera Max, a data-saving app for Android that shrinks videos, photos and compresses almost any app on your phone,  is landing in Brazil to save your online video replay. Thanks to video […]

Opera debuts as default browser for Nokia X family

With Opera, Nokia X customers will enjoy a super-fast web browsing experience while they save data, thanks to the Opera Turbo compression service embedded in the Opera browser. The news coincides with the unveiling of the new Nokia X2, the latest affordable smartphone from Microsoft and the first of an entirely new generation of Nokia […]