Opera Software says more than 100 million users run the mobile version of the company's browser technology.
Opera Software
announced that there are more than 100 million users of its mobile browser
technology.
In a press release, Opera said more than 100 million
people use an Opera browser each month on their mobile phones. According to
Opera's latest State of the Mobile Web report, released Feb. 9, 90.4 million people use Opera
Mini every month and about 15 million people use Opera Mobile each month. In
all, 105 million people use Opera on their phones.
"Experts all have some date when they claim the
mobile Web will overtake the PC Web-we're watching that transition now,"
said Jon von Tetzchner, co-founder of Opera Software, in a statement. "But,
rather than think of numbers, we think of people. 100 million is the beginning
of a new era for the Web. In the next few years, hundreds of millions of people
will take their first baby steps online. They will make their voices heard
across their country and around the world. They will not only discover new
ideas, but contribute their own. We defend those voices and celebrate those
ideas. It is why we believe access to the Web is a universal right, and no
device is more universal than a mobile phone."
At the upcoming Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona,
Opera will highlight new versions of the Opera Mini browser on Android, iPhone,
Java 2 Platform Micro Edition (J2ME), BlackBerry, Symbian and the iPad. And the
latest versions of the Opera Mobile browser for Android and Symbian will make
their debut.
"Our developers have been hard at work building the
mobile browser of the future-for both consumers and mobile operators,"
said Lars Boilesen, CEO of Opera, in a
statement. "We want our browser to impact lives in a meaningful way. It's
one reason we use mostly renewable resources to power Opera Mini's servers. It's
why we make it light, so you don't have to recharge your battery every few
hours. It's why Opera Mini and Opera Mobile can help operators reduce the
bandwidth that clogs their networks. A browser may never change the world, but
we'll never stop trying to."
For a more detailed overview of Opera's mobile momentum,
the company's State of the Mobile Web report is available
here.
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