Category Archives: mobile

State of the Mobile Web: India on top

Oslo, Norway – May 31, 2012 For a long time, Russia has been the top-ranked country for the highest number of Opera Mini web browser users. However, in the last two months India has soared to the top of the list. After rapid growth in the last two years, India outdid Russia in both March […]

Smarten up your social life with Opera Mini 7 for basic phones

Fast, free and fun: Opera Mini 7 with Smart Page now available for all basic mobile phones Oslo, Norway – May 31, 2012 Want a better way to connect with friends and the web on almost any basic mobile phone? Try new Opera Mini 7 with Smart Page. Ditch the built-in browser on your mobile […]

Now your Samsung smart devices can sing for joy with Opera Mini

Opera Mini browser on bada and Android now available in Samsung Apps Seoul, Korea and Oslo, Norway – May 4, 2012 The Opera Mini mobile web browser is now available in Samsung Apps, Samsung’s dedicated application store. Owners of Samsung smart devices running bada and Android can download Opera Mini, the web-accelerating, cost-slashing web browser, […]

Getting online in a PC-less world

Of new Internet users in many countries, up to half has never used a PC to go online, shows survey Oslo, Norway – April 30, 2012 In a white paper published by web browser company Opera Software, the research company On Device Research has looked into the demographics of mobile browser users globally and collected […]

Pay less, enjoy more with simPATI

Surf with Opera Mini now for IDR 0,5/kB Jakarta, Indonesia – April 23, 2012 Gone are the days of painfully slow and expensive mobile internet access. With simPATI, you can pay less and enjoy more of the web by using Opera Mini, a mobile web browser which shrinks down pages by up to 90%. This […]

Brazil feels the need for speed

Opera Software survey uncovers preferences in mobile behavior in Brazil São Paulo, Brazil – April 17, 2012 Opera Software announced today the results of its survey titled “Brazilian Mobile Browsing Overview,” providing insights about what Brazilians value most while using their mobile devices, how much they are willing to spend on data connectivity and more. […]

Opera solves mobile app-tracking quandary

Launches App-Tribute, a privacy-friendly app-install validation solution for advertisers and publishers San Mateo, California – April 3, 2012 In response to the growing concern around consumer tracking by mobile apps, Opera Software today launched App-Tribute via its advertising subsidiaries AdMarvel, Mobile Theory and 4th Screen Advertising, a privacy-friendly solution that allows mobile publishers and advertisers […]

March Madness hits Mobile web

San Mateo, US and Oslo, Norway – March 30, 2012 When March Madness started to hit the offices of Opera Software, we thought “Let’s see if people are just as crazy about b-ball as we are”. That led to an investigation, using anonymous and aggregated user data from the Opera Mini servers, to see if […]

Opera Mini browser customized for SingTel Prepaid mobile customers offers faster and cheaper web browsing

Oslo, Norway and Singapore – March 30, 2012 To help mobile internet users in Singapore browse the web with speed and ease, Opera Software, leading browser developer, today announced that it has worked with SingTel to further optimize the Opera Mini web browser for SingTel Mobile prepaid customers. This special version is now available for […]

Opera Mini 7: The must-have app for Android available today

At last! The wait for Opera Mini 7 is over. Oslo, Norway – March 28, 2012 Taking a page from Etta James, Opera Mini 7 is “a thrill to press your cheek to” for Android users. Today, Opera Software launched the Opera Mini 7 web browser in a final version for the Android platform. This […]