Category Archives: mobile

Give your phone a fresh start in the New Year

Oslo, Norway – January 3, 2012 The New Year is here, and this is the perfect opportunity for a new start in 2013. As well as goals like exercising more often or saving money, it might also be a good time to get rid of all the clutter in your life – including digital clutter. […]

Mobile web goes unlimited in Tajikistan

Beeline Tajikistan offers now unlimited mobile browsing with Opera Mini Oslo, Norway – December 27, 2012 Opera Software and Beeline Tajikistan announced today that Beeline subscribers will be first in Tajikistan to get unlimited access to the mobile web with the Opera Mini mobile browser. All subscribers using Opera Mini on their phones or tablets […]

Have yourself a mobile little Christmas

5 tips to get your phone ready for the holidays They say smartphones can do anything, and now they can even help you get ready for Christmas. Whether you’re staying at home for the holidays, or visiting family and friends in another neighborhood or another continent, you can have easy access to everything you need […]

Vodafone Ghana and Opera team up

Partnership brings better mobile web to millions of subscribers Johannesburg, South Africa – December 14, 2012 Vodafone Ghana and Opera Software have announced a tailored version of the Opera Mini web browser which is now available to Vodafone subscribers. This forms part of a global partnership between Vodafone and Opera, with Ghana the most recent […]

Top-ten lists highlight European local mobile surfing habits

Oslo, Norway – December 14, 2012 Is it true that some European countries really are sports crazy? And, who are the most news hungry of all Europeans? In this month’s State of the Mobile Web report, Opera Software maps out the usage of local websites all over Europe and reveals the differences in mobile web […]

Opera Mobile Store announces the 2012 Top Apps Awards

San Mateo, USA and Oslo, Norway – December 12, 2012 The Opera Mobile Store, the world’s fifth-largest mobile app store, today announced the winners of the 2012 Top Apps Awards. These awards recognize the best apps in the Opera Mobile Store across multiple categories based on popular user voting. The honorable, overall winners for the […]

MobiFone launches Opera Mini Data Plan in Vietnam

Oslo, Norway, and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – December 12, 2012 Today MobiFone is announcing its Opera Mini Data Plan. This launch has been a result of a partnership agreement between MobiFone and Opera Software, experienced developer of web browsers. Opera Mini Data Plan offers MobiFone subscribers unlimited web-browsing, a faster web browsing experience […]

Opera pinpoints top-10 mobile advertising highlights for 2012

San Mateo, USA and Oslo, Norway – December 11, 2012 Opera Software today released its year-end special edition of its State of Mobile Advertising report, highlighting key campaigns, brands, publishers and innovations in the mobile advertising industry for 2012. The company pulled these insights from the 10,000+ mobile apps and sites that serve ads using […]

The world atlas of social media

Location is everything: Social-network popularity across the globe Oslo, Norway – November 30, 2012 Social networks are now a staple of the web, but that doesn”t mean all online users are connected. What social network you connect to is very much tied to where you live, and few countries or regions have extensive overlap in […]

Opera and Entel Chile partner to bring the mobile web to millions

Oslo, Norway – November 29, 2012 Opera Software today announced the rollout of a customized version of its Opera Mini browser to Entel Chile subscribers, in association with Opera’s worldwide partner Vodafone, giving users in Chile the power of the internet at their fingertips at a very low cost. Opera Mini is one of the […]