Category Archives: mobile

100 million smartphone owners browse the web using Opera’s products

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 signs licensing agreement with Microsoft

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 Mini comes to Robi users in Bangladesh

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, […]

Opera Max debuts in Vietnam on Mobiistar phones

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 […]

Opera Max lands in Turkey

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 […]

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 […]