Category Archives: mobile

Culinary delights for your phone

Opera Mini users can now savor delicious content on phones served by Hungama.com Oslo, Norway and Mumbai, India – May 18, 2011 Be it food or the latest Bollywood songs, it is always satisfying when you get a sumptuous helping of your favorite delicacies. In order to keep Opera Mini users” web platter filled with […]

When disaster strikes, information need sets in

Oslo, Norway – April 19, 2011 In the middle of March, Japan was struck by one of the largest earthquakes in modern history and a devastating tsunami. Millions of lives were affected by the event, some directly by the force of nature, others by the need to obtain more information about their surroundings. “It could […]

Opera reaches (another) 100 million users

Oslo, Norway – April 7, 2011 Opera Software today tinkered in its giant statistics machine and found that Opera Mini reached 100 million monthly users in March and two billion daily page views – new peaks for the world’s most used mobile browser. “Sweeeet!” said Lars Boilesen, CEO, Opera Software. Hold the phone: didn’t Opera […]

Make your phone smarter

Telenor Hungary offers one-click Internet access with Opera Mini Budapest, Hungary, April 5, 2011 Telenor’s new Klikk service provides fast and easy Internet access to all its users, even those with a traditional handset. Customers registering for the Klikk service can try out a new way of mobile browsing with a data allowance of 100 […]

Bangladeshis get ready to speed — surf the Web from pocket devices

Grameenphone launches co-branded version of Opera Mini for its 32 million users in Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh – April 5, 2011 Grameenphone, the leading telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh, and Opera Software, makers of the Opera web browsers for mobile phones, today announced the launch of Opera Mini customized for Grameenphone users. The Opera Mini web […]

Opera Mini app brings enhanced web browsing experience to Verizon Wireless feature phones

Application enables desktop-like web browsing, including access to expanded set of Internet sites on feature phones Basking Ridge, NJ and San Mateo, CA – March 31, 2011 Verizon Wireless announced today that Opera Mini, the ground-breaking mobile browser by Opera Software, is available on select feature phones, including LG enV2â„¢, LG enV©3, LG enV© TOUCH, […]

The anatomy of an Internet-driven revolution

Oslo, Norway – March 24, 2011 What drives a political revolution in the Internet era? In this month’s State of the Mobile Web, we analyzed traffic in key countries that underwent radical change in the month of February. In the analysis, the role of social networks became apparent, as people in Egypt took to their […]

DiGi co-brands Opera Mini to drive higher mobile Internet penetration

Faster, cheaper and easier browsing experience for non-smartphone users Petaling Jaya, Malaysia – March 24, 2011 DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (“DiGi”) is driving higher mobile Internet penetration by partnering with the world’s leading web browser developer, Opera Software, to become the first Malaysian mobile operator to co-brand Opera Mini. The non-smartphone users among DiGi customers […]

Opera Software and NII Holdings samba their way to more Android users in Brazil

Oslo, Norway – March 22, 2011 Opera Software announced today that the Opera Mini browser is now available on a second Android device offered exclusively by Nextel Brazil, the Motorola i886. NII Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:NIHD), a leading provider of mobile communication services operating under the Nextel brand in Latin America, will now preinstall the Opera […]

Whole lotta love for the mobile Web

Debuting all new Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11 Oslo, Norway – March 22, 2011 Can”t get no satisfaction from the mobile Web? Then you will fall head over heels for the new Opera Mini and Opera Mobile browsers launched today, now also available to cherish on tablets. Opera’s mobile browsers are the world’s […]