Category Archives: mobile

Samsung delivers a faster web on non-smartphones

Oslo, Norway – February 23, 2012 Enjoying a fast web browsing experience does not require a smartphone. The speed of web browsing on non-smartphones can be as fast as that on smartphones–if you have the right browser. And, it can go even faster when you are on a crowded network! Samsung has now preinstalled the […]

Are you in a weekend or weekday surfing country?

Oslo, Norway – February 17, 2012 Is there such a thing as an universal surfing pattern? Are mobile web users worldwide more active during certain periods of the week? In their latest State of the Mobile Web report, Opera Software looks at the shifts worldwide in surfing patterns between weekdays and weekends. The analysis, based […]

Americans do it early, Europeans wait and do it late

Shopping on their mobile devices, of course Oslo, Norway and San Mateo, CA – February 3, 2012 Europeans are procrastinators – at least that is what web browser company Opera Software’s latest research into users” mobile browsing habits shows. This past holiday season, U.S. mobile phone users shopped early, while Europeans used their phones for […]

Idea customers get their very own Opera Mini browser

Idea Cellular signs deal with Opera Software to provide enhanced mobile browsing experience to its customers New Delhi, India – February 1, 2012 Idea Cellular, India’s third-largest mobile operator and Opera Software have recently signed a deal to offer a customized Opera Mini mobile web browser to its subscribers across India. Idea customers will be […]

Can the web homefield advantage win the Super Bowl?

If “yes”, Patriots win the Super Bowl Oslo, Norway – January 31, 2012 In this month’s State of the Mobile Web report from browser maker Opera Software, we take a look at the online popularity of the different NFL teams participating in the playoffs. Fans may believe it is their passion that drives teams to […]

Opera Mini #1 on Samsung Java App Store

Became most downloaded application within one month of its debut New Delhi, India – December 23, 2011 Just ahead of the festive season of Diwali, Samsung India gave its users one more reason to cheer by adding Opera Mini to their Java App Store. Used by over 144 million people across the world, Opera Mini […]

State of the Mobile Web: The mobile Web’s top 10 sites in 2011

Oslo, Norway – December 20, 2011 In the last State of the Mobile Web report for 2011, web browser company Opera Software takes a quick look at the most popular websites people are surfing from the world’s most used mobile web browser, Opera Mini. 2011 was the year of user-created content for Opera Mini users. […]

Boost up web browsing on smart-feature phones

Opera Mini mobile browsers to ship worldwide on MediaTek’s MRE Platform Oslo, Norway and Taipei, Taiwan – December 2, 2011 Opera Software and MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, today announced that Opera Mini, the world’s most popular mobile browser, will be included into MediaTek’s Runtime Environment […]

First Opera-Mini-based service package launches in Azerbaijan

Oslo, Norway – December 2, 2011 Opera Software and Bakcell, the first mobile operator in Azerbaijan, today announced a version of the Opera Mini browser specially developed for Bakcell subscribers. Now, they are able to surf the Web with no limits for just 0.19 Azerbaijani manat per day (about 1.40 NOK) or 1.99 Azerbaijani manat […]

More countries reach Opera Mini’s million-monthly-users club

Oslo, Norway – November 23, 2011 Eleven new countries each surpassed one million monthly Opera Mini users this year, according to the newest State of the Mobile Web report from Opera Software. Twenty-two countries in total now have more than one million active Opera Mini users each month. The report, which details the full list […]