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Signal360, ROXIMITY, Pulsate, Pinpoint Mobile among companies in new Opera Mediaworks Strategic Beacon Alliance The first multi-company partnership of beacon technology companies, announced today by the Opera Mediaworks Innovation Lab, aims to help advertisers improve mobile-media targeting, audience segmentation and measuring, thus making their buying smarter. The Opera Mediaworks Strategic Beacon Alliance comprises Signal360 (formerly […]

Opera looks at how global consumers use mobile devices to shop online and which mobile advertisers capture consumers’ attention A new report from Opera reveals how global consumers use their mobile devices to shop online. It breaks down mobile shopping trends by time of year, days of the week and geography, and showcases the top […]

Mobile video optimization simplifies first steps to NFV implementation Opera Software’s Skyfire unit today announced a strategic partnership with Huawei in which Skyfire’s Rocket Optimizer platform will be made available to mobile operators in Huawei’s Cloud Edge Virtual Multi-Service Engine (vMSE). Rocket Optimizer, Opera and Skyfire’s mobile video optimization and experience assurance solution, is the […]

Opera Mediaworks expands “RISe” Retail Intelligence Suite ahead of Black Friday and holiday shopping season Retail marketers can now understand the impact of their mobile media advertising campaigns during Black Friday and other e-commerce sales — even if consumers use multiple devices before completing a purchase. With the help of Opera Mediaworks’ cross-screen attribution system, […]

Mobile operators globally can benefit from a net gain of at least $28.7 billion over five years by deploying mobile video and data optimization technology in their networks, according to new findings from ABI Research, revealed by Opera Software’s Skyfire unit today. The independent research, carried out on behalf of Skyfire, details how video and […]

New mobile ad unit taps into “connected home” New mobile ad technology, developed by Opera Mediaworks in partnership with the entertainment marketing and rewards platform Viggle, gives TV network advertisers the ability to offer a brand-new call to action, Add-to-DVR, as part of their mobile campaigns. Add-to-DVR technology Adapted from Viggle’s Reminder technology, the ad unit communicates […]

Opera Mediaworks’ State of Mobile Advertising report reveals top trends for the third quarter of 2014 Android continues to close the gap with iOS in mobile advertising revenue, while its share of impressions is now almost double that of iOS, according to the Opera Mediaworks’ State of Mobile Advertising report, released today. Earlier this year, […]

Lufthansa among first to use the Selfie ad unit in personalized travel campaign Advertisers can now integrate high-quality selfies into their mobile ad campaigns and showcase products in 3D panoramic mode, enabled through a partnership between leading mobile advertising platform Opera Mediaworks and Celtra, creative, analytics and optimization platform for display advertising. The partnership, announced […]

Thanks to Opera’s advanced compression technology, Indian users of the Opera Mini mobile browsers used 75% less mobile data in the first half of the year, according to a report by Opera Software. This is the equivalent of a monthly nationwide saving of Rs 350 million and adds up to a whopping saving of Rs 2.1 billion in the first six […]

Sub-continent sees a country-wide shift from feature phones to smartphones, largely fueled by growth on Android The Asia-Pacific is now the fastest-growing region in mobile advertising, with 70% growth in ad impressions year-over-year — similar to its upward trajectory within the global economy. This was among the conclusions from from the special edition of the […]