Opera Mini brings the Web to Meridian Group’s newest handset

With Opera Mini, Fly E310 mobile phone owners can browse all their favorite Web sites, including news, e-mail and social networks right on their handset.

The Fly E310 handset is available in the United Kingdom, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), with a pre-installed Opera Mini browser available in all the local languages.

“We are pleased to further our partnership with Meridian Group and bring the best mobile Web experience closer to our customers in the UK, Russia and the CIS,” says Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. “We have witnessed a significant growth in mobile Web browsing in those countries and work hard on making it even easier for people to get online.”

“We aim to provide our customers the best services available,” says Andrew Collinge, Member of the Board of Directors, Meridian Group. “When it comes to offering our customers a fast, secure and cost-efficient Internet service on a mobile phone, the popular Opera Mini browser offers the user an outstanding experience. Accessing the Web could not be easier, as Opera Mini brings the Web to our customers in local languages.”

Opera Software and Meridian Group have partnered since April 2007, delivering Opera Mini on mostly all handsets:

Fly SX210
Fly SX225
Fly LX500
Fly LX600 Mega
Fly LX610 Mega
Fly B600
Fly B700 Duo
Fly E110
Fly E300
Fly E310 Attitude
Fly MC100
Fly SX220
Fly V100

Fly HUMMER HT2
Since its launch in 2006, Opera Mini has become the world's most popular mobile browser. According to Opera’s latest “State of the Mobile Web” report, 14.7 million people actively used Opera Mini in May 2008, viewing 2.9 billion pages per month.-Opera Software