Recent News, 2017

Nearly half of smartphone users in Indonesia are not satisfied with their default browsers

A survey of respondents identifies slow browsing speed as a main problem A survey conducted in the six biggest cities in Indonesia revealed that nearly half of respondents are not satisfied with their default browsers because of slow browsing speed, high data consumption and frequent crashes. The Mobile Browser Satisfactory Index Survey was conducted in […]

Opera TV Partners with ALi Corporation to accelerate Hybrid OTT Set Top Box Chipset Deployments

Integrated OTT Platform Shortens Time to Market, Provides Competitive Advantage for Set-Top Box OEMs Opera TV, the market leader in enabling OTT, and ALi Corporation, a leading Set-Top Box (STB) chipset provider, today announced the integration of Opera TV’s solution into ALi Corp.’s System-on-a-Chip (SoC) Set-Top Boxes (STB). This market-ready solution enables STB manufacturers and […]

Opera announces Victor Moses as brand ambassador in Africa

Opera is kicking off a partnership with football professional Victor Moses, Chelsea starter and Nigerian national team star player. Moses will be the brand ambassador of Opera Mini, the most popular browser in Africa. Starting today, Moses will be featured in the new Opera Mini TV commercial as well as a range of collaborative projects […]

New Opera browser adds support for social messengers

Today, Opera becomes the first major browser to integrate social messenger services, allowing users to chat side-by-side as they browse. With the release of the new browser, codenamed “Reborn”, Opera continues on the path to redefine what a web browser should be. Making social messengers great on laptops Over the last few years, web versions […]

Opera invests $100 million USD to grow African digital economy

Opera, the developer of the most popular mobile browser in Africa, today announced its plan to invest $100 million USD (30 billion Nigerian nairas) over the next two years to facilitate the growth of African digital economy. The company will use the investment to speed up internet adoption in Africa and strengthen the internet ecosystem […]

New Opera Max 3.0 makes your Android apps lighter and safer

Opera Max, the most popular Android data management and data saving app, today rolled out its new 3.0 version. This is a major update with an all new design, optimized for easier use of the powerful data savings and data management tools inside Opera Max. Additionally, the new version introduces a huge improvement to the […]

Opera TV Join Forces with JW Player to Help Content Creators Get Ready for Primetime

JW Player video channel owners can quickly and easily create Smart TV apps with Opera TV Snap to distribute content on millions of TVs worldwide Opera TV is continuing to expand its partnerships to enable millions of video content creators to quickly and easily distribute their content on millions of Smart TV devices around the […]

Introducing Opera Cricket

New Opera Mini brings faster access to cricket scores and alerts Today, Opera rolls out Opera Cricket to keep users in India on top of this cricket season. The new feature not only provides lightning fast cricket scores, commentary, video, and notifications when on the move but will also allow users to keep track of […]

Opera with built-in VPN grows in the U.S. after repeal of internet privacy rules

Interest in using virtual private networks, or VPN, when browsing the internet is now surging. On March 28, the United States Congress voted and approved to repeal restrictions which stop internet service providers from selling personal browsing data and information. Since then, the number of new U.S. users of Opera, the only browser with a […]

Opera TV and Leading Broadcaster to Demonstrate Latest HbbTV 2.0.1 Features

First to demonstrate companion screen and media synchronizer features at TV Connect Opera TV, the global market leader in enabling OTT, today announced that the Opera TV Hybrid TV Module, which previously included support for HbbTV 2.0.1, now also features Companion Screen and Media-Synchronization capabilities. To showcase the complete solution, Opera TV has collaborated with […]