Category Archives: mobile

Fast and cost-efficient browsing on Android phones

Opera Mini 5 beta for Android released Oslo, Norway – March 11, 2010 Opera Software today launched the newest beta version of the world’s most popular browser for mobile phones, Opera Mini 5, on the Android platform. Opera Mini 5 beta for Android brings a fast and cost-efficient Web experience to any handset built on […]

Opera Mini powers web’n’walk for Cosmote Romania

March 9, 2010 – Oslo, Norway Opera Software today announced that, as of December 2009, Cosmote Romania is delivering a branded version of Opera Mini for mobile Web browsing and services to its customers in Romania. Cosmote Romania will roll out Opera Mini, packaged as web”n”walk, over the air to its customers from http://mini.opera.com/wnw_ro/. The […]

Tele2 and Opera drive mobile Web growth across Europe

Oslo, Norway – March 4, 2010 Opera and Tele2 today signed a frame agreement for Opera Mini. The frame agreement enables Tele2 operations in Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Croatia and the Netherlands to offer one-click access to the full Web to their subscribers. Surfing with Opera Mini, rather than a natively installed browser, […]

Opera Mini goes native on Windows Mobile phones

Oslo, Norway – March 4, 2010 Opera Software today launched a native version of Opera Mini 5 beta for Windows Mobile 5- and 6-based handsets. By integrating Opera Mini with the Windows Mobile platform, Opera is able to deliver an optimized version of the popular Opera Mini browser that dramatically improves performance and the overall […]

Google dominates Mobile Web search in the United States

Mobile Web search trends explored in new Opera State of the Mobile Report February 25, 2010 – Oslo, Norway Google enjoys a commanding lead in mobile Web search in the United States, according to Opera’s State of the Mobile Web Report. Accounting for more than 9% of all page views on the mobile Web in […]

Bringing mobile Web browsing to the next level

SMART taps Opera Mini to spread the Web in the Philippines Barcelona, Spain – February 18, 2010   Opera Software today announced that Smart Communications, Inc. (SMART), the Philippines’ leading wireless services provider with 40 million subscribers, has selected Opera Mini to bring the Web to SMART mobile phone subscribers. Opera Mini is a popular […]

Opera and Telkomsel spread the Web in Indonesia

Opera Mini now available to Telkomsel customers Barcelona, Spain – February 17, 2010 Opera Software and Indonesia’s leading telecommunications operator, Telkomsel, today announced their strategic partnership to deliver Opera Mini to Indonesian subscribers. As Opera’s preferred partner in Indonesia, Telkomsel is able to deliver Opera Mini to their 82 million customers, helping Opera make significant […]

Opera announces strategic partnership with deCarta

Companies will partner on location-enabling Opera’s award-winning browser products Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, February 15, 2010 Opera Software, the leading mobile-browser provider announced a strategicpartnership with deCarta, Inc., to bring maps, local search and travelroutes to the Opera browser family. Opera users will be able to accesslocation services directly, based on deCarta’s market-leading technology,adding […]

Russia’s MTS subscribers get access to mobile content with Opera Mini

Oslo, Norway – 15 February, 2010 Opera Software today announced that Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS” – NYSE: MBT), the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS, will now provide a co-branded version of the Opera Mini browser for its subscribers, who can download it on their mobile phones at mini.opera.com. Subscribers of MTS […]

Opera technology fuels new eStore

Operators can now quickly and easily distribute widgets across their customer base Oslo, Norway – February 15, 2010 Opera Software today announced that Ericsson has selected Opera to help deliver a comprehensive application store solution, called the Ericsson eStore. With Opera Web technology, including Opera Mobile, Opera Mini and Opera Widgets, the eStore enables operators […]