Category Archives: mobile

Opera browser for better business: Service sites supply Opera Mini to expand market reach

Oslo, Norway and Las Vegas, NV – April 5, 2006   Opera Software today announced online communities, Buzznet and Tribe, have partnered with Opera to distribute Opera Mini through their Web sites and otherchannels to enhance the availability of their online services. Thecompanies now progressing Opera Mini’s growing uptake, are set to offerusers direct access […]

Opera Mini gains worldwide momentum: Four new distribution contracts signed

Oslo, Norway – March 28, 2006   Opera Software today announced four newcontracts with companies that will promote and distribute the Opera Minimobile browser to their customers. The four companies are US-basedPriceRunner, HT Telecom in Latvia, Small Planet (part of jippii.ru) inRussia and the Baltics, and Denmark-based Unwirepark, which will distributeOpera Mini in 180 countries. […]

Opera Mini Travels East: Largest operator in Bangladesh chooses Opera Mini

Oslo, Norway – March 16, 2006   Opera Software today announced that GrameenPhone, the largest mobile phone operator in Bangladesh, has chosen Opera Mini to bring the full Internet to its mobile phone subscribers. GrameenPhone has a 62% market share in Bangladesh and will be offering a customized and localized version of Opera Mini as […]

Partnering to grow mobile Web browsing in Europe: debitel offers Opera’s full mobile product portfolio

CeBIT, Hannover, Germany – March 14, 2006   debitel and Opera Software today announced a long-term partnership to grow the market for mobileWeb browsing in Europe. As Europe’s largest network-independenttelecommunications service provider, third largest mobile phone serviceprovider and market leader among value-added service providers inGermany, debitel will utilize Opera’s full mobile product portfolioconsisting of Opera […]

Expanding mobile Web offering: T-Mobile chooses Opera Mini to power web’n’walk on high-volume feature phones

Oslo, Norway – March 8, 2006 T-Mobile has chosen Opera Miniâ„¢ to power their web’n’walk offering on high-volume feature phones in Europe. A branded and customizedOpera Miniâ„¢ version with T-Mobile’s look and feel will be pre-installed onfour mobile phones, with several more handsets under development.T-Mobile is the first operator to pre-install customized Opera Minibrowsers on […]

Widgets on your mobile phone: Opera Software and Freedom Media announce world’s first mobile AJAX application using Opera Platformâ„¢

Oslo, Norway and Barcelona, Spain – 14 February 2006   Opera Software, a global leader in Web browser technologies, and Freedom Media, an independent, consumer-oriented information- and service provider, today announced the world’s first mobile widget application based on Opera Software’s mobile AJAX authoring environment, Opera Platformâ„¢. Named “Freedom”, the application offers a collection of […]

Opera, FAST and Telenor Collaborate on Mobile Services R&D: R&D Preview of Mobile Solution Will be Demonstrated at the 3GSM World Congress i…

Oslo, Norway and Barcelona, Spain – 14 February 2006   Fast Search & Transfer ASA (FAST), Telenor R&D and Opera Software ASA are collaborating to bring best-in-breed technology and end-user expertise to mobile portals. The three companies are developing a complete system for delivering relevant location-based information, including localized content, news feeds, maps and traveling […]

Mini everywhere: Opera Software teams with MediaPlazza to distribute Opera Mini globally

Oslo, Norway and Paris, France – February 13, 2006   Opera Software, a global leader in Web browser technologies, and MediaPlazza, a leading worldwide distributor of mobile content, today announced a partnership to promote and distribute Opera’s new mobile browser, Opera Mini. MediaPlazza will offer Opera Mini as a premium SMS download from more than […]

Safe, speedy surfing: Opera Mobile is the default browser on Sony Ericsson’s M600 3G phone

Oslo, Norway – February 7, 2006   Opera Software today announced that Sony Ericsson’s new 3G smartphone, the M600, will ship with Opera Mobile as its default browser. Based on the Opera-enhanced UIQ 3.x platform, the M600 is an advanced e-mailing and Web browsing phone that takes full advantage of Opera’s speed and unique rendering […]