Category Archives: mobile

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 […]

Opera and TIM Brazil set up shop

Oslo, Norway and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – November 26, 2012 Opera Software today announced a partnership with TIM, Brazil’s second-largest mobile operator, to launch the TIM App Shop, which brings a vast collection of mobile applications for Brazilians to shop virtually ‘til they drop. The TIM App Shop, powered by the Opera Mobile Store, […]

Umniah Jordan gets set for faster, tailored and unlimited browsing with Opera Software

Oslo, Norway and Amman, Jordan – November 26, 2012 Opera Software and Umniah, Jordan’s fastest growing telecom operator, are partnering to deliver to Umniah customers unlimited browsing and an enhanced mobile web experience, with the launch of a co-branded version of the Opera Mini mobile web browser. Umniah’s two million customers can now download a […]