Opera’s cloud-based mobile-video-optimization unit, Skyfire, has found that 37% of all videos that play on Russia’s 3G networks suffer from stalling and rebuffering, resulting in frustrated users and high video abandonment rates. The survey also finds that 28% of videos played on 3G networks in the country encounter significant stalling, defined as stalling or buffering […]
Cross-platform mobile app store now offers 200,000 apps The Opera Mobile Store, the fifth-largest mobile app store in the world, today announced that it has reached a new milestone of 105 million monthly visitors at the end of Q4 2013. As the world’s largest cross-platform app store, the Opera Mobile Store saw exponential growth in […]
As the New Year takes hold, Opera Mediaworks today released insights about mobile advertising in the last quarter of 2013 that point to yet another growth year for the industry. To start, the company found that in the three days around Christmas (December 24, 25 and 26), the number of smartphones and tablets, increased by […]
Following the success of the Opera Mini co-branded browser across VimpelCom markets, the two companies are further strengthening their partnership through a complete mobile internet engagement and monetization framework, spanning from basic phones to smartphones. Through an extension of the existing Global Framework Agreement (GFA), VimpelCom subsidiaries can opt into the entire Opera portfolio of […]
Opera Mediaworks, the world’s largest mobile advertising platform, today announced a substantial expansion of its presence in Latin America with the addition of a team spanning multiple countries to service the regional needs of advertisers and publishers. The team now joining Opera Mediaworks has formerly operated independently as Hunt Mobile Ads. This expansion will allow […]
Brazil, Russia and Vietnam have something in common – they all are in the top-ten list of countries of Opera Mini monthly users. But, besides browser preferences, do they have other common browsing habits? In this month’s State of the Mobile Web report, we take a closer look at what local content users in the […]
(If you feel like it: A more interactive (and much funnier) approach to this press release is here: Click here!) Coast by Opera, the made-for-iPad web browser, is out and about with an updated version today. Improving on the innovative Coast by Opera browser is no easy feat, much like writing that follow-up to a […]
Android emerged as global leader in smartphone ad impressions, mobile publishing exploded, and brands took big leaps with rich media In a special year-in-review report, Opera Mediaworks,has selected the top 6 trends in mobile advertising witnessed on its mobile ad platform, the world’s largest, reaching 400 million consumers a month via 60 billion ad impressions. […]
The Nepali mobile internet market is increasing rapidly, and not only on basic phones, show numbers from Opera’s latest State of the Mobile Web report. While the number of users in Nepal of the Opera Mini mobile web browser has doubled from 2012 to 2013, another interesting trend is observed. There is a shift from […]
Time-based access to the web from any handset Opera Software and Airtel, a leading integrated telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, announced the launch of Opera Web Pass for customers in 17 countries across Africa. This allows subscribers to choose a data package that suits them – be it time-based […]
