Today, MTS and Opera Software announced the launch of the MTS Web Pass service in Ukraine. With this new service, MTS subscribers can use the Opera Mini browser to purchase packages of unlimited internet access for an hour or a day, or simply gain access to specific websites depending on their personal needs – all at a reasonable […]
South Africa has seen a massive surge in Android handset use over the past twelve months, with the number of Opera Mini users on the platform increasing by more than 300%, according to Opera Software’s latest State of the Mobile Web report. While the number of basic-phone users continues to rise, the number of smartphone users has grown much […]
Opera Software and Prestigio, international manufacturer of mobile devices, consumer electronics and accessories, have today announced that the Opera for Android browser will be preinstalled on all Prestigio tablets and smartphones shipped to Europe, CIS, the Middle East and Africa. In Europe, the first devices with the preinstalled Opera browser will go on sale by […]
Cross-platform mobile app store now serves 140,000 apps to 75M monthly visitors The Opera Mobile Store, the fifth-largest mobile app store in the world, today announced that it has tripled the size of the store in the last 12 months, currently offering more than 140,000 apps. The Opera Mobile Store provides more than 75 million […]
Opera Software has announced today that the number of Opera for Android users in Russia has increased by 19.7% since the second quarter of 2013. It has also revealed the top-10 most popular phones and websites of the third quarter among Russian users of Opera’s mobile browsers. In the third quarter, smartphone penetration among Russian […]
Download and browse with Opera Mini to help underprivileged children get education Opera Software and Yayasan Cinta Anak Bangsa (YCAB) are inviting millions of mobile internet users in Indonesia to participate in Browse for Change, a campaign to help provide affordable basic education for underprivileged and school-dropout youths. In this campaign, Opera is collaborating with […]
New mobile data study by Opera’s Skyfire subsidiary finds 89% of videos experience stalling Cloud-based mobile video-optimization leader, Skyfire, a fully-owned subsidiary of Opera Software, has concluded that more than half (52%) of all videos played on Brazil’s 3G networks suffer from significant stalling and re-buffering, leading to frustrated users and high video abandonment rates. […]
Opera Mediaworks’ Q3 report dives deep into sports and mobile patterns among baseball, football and hockey fans Opera Mediaworks, the world’s largest mobile ad platform, today released its Q3 State of Mobile Advertising report, sharing insights based on data from its platform, which serves 60 billion ad impressions per month and reaches 400 million consumers. […]
Zero-rating for popular content now available within mobile browser extensions Skyfire, a fully-owned subsidiary of Opera Software, today announced a new global version of its popular mobile browser extension platform, Skyfire Horizon, which can be deployed by operators and OEMs around the world on Android smartphones. For operators, this provides innovative tools to better interact […]
While living patterns that don’t differ greatly from day to day for many Americans — especially during the work week — how they use their mobile devices does vary depending on the day of week. On Wednesdays, for instance, more Americans visit sports sites on their phones than any other day of the week, even […]
