In its final State of the Mobile Web report in 2008, Opera reviews the top sites and top phones for Opera Mini in both Europe and North America. Russia and Ukraine lead Europe, followed closely by the United Kingdom.

Today, Opera Software introduces the first look at Opera 10. An alpha version of Opera 10 is now available at www.opera.com/browser/next/.

Today, Opera Software released the final version of its much-anticipated Opera Mini 4.2 for mobile phones. Since the launch of the beta version of Opera Mini 4.2, speed trials have shown that this version gives more than 30% speed improvements for users in the US, due to the addition of a new Opera Mini server park in the United States.

O2 in Slovakia brings Internet in a pocket to its customers with a special version of the popular Opera Mini Internet browser. With the Internet in a pocket browser, O2 customers have the entire web within their mobile phone.

Opera Software announced that Micromax, India's leading handset provider, has selected the Opera Mini browser to deliver a world class Web experience to its mobile phone customers. The world's most popular mobile Web browser, Opera Mini, will come pre-installed on the new Blink X511 handset by Micromax. Opera Mini is already available in the market on Micromax X4i handset.

The mobile Web is not only for people with a smartphone, according to Opera Software's State of the Mobile Web report, released today. Six out of the most popular phones models for Web browsing with Opera Mini are from Nokia, two are from Sony Ericsson, one is from BlackBerry, and one is from Samsung.

Meridian Group, a leading player in the mobile industry with its flagship brand ‘Fly’, and Opera Software today announced a partnership to pre-install Opera Mini, the fast and easy-to-use mobile Web browser on Meridian Mobile’s new Fly E310 handset.

Opera Software announced that Swisscom, Switzerland’s leading telecoms provider, has selected the Opera Mini browser to deliver a better Web experience to its mobile phone customers.

Opera Software today released to the world the final public release of its flagship Web browser, Opera 9.5. Opera’s cross-device expertise, support for open Web standards and commitment to speed and performance culminate to create the most powerful Opera browser yet.

Since its arrival in Beijing, China, Opera Software, the world's leading developer of Web browsing solutions, has maintained strong growth momentum in the vibrant market. Opera today announced that Haier, a leading handset manufacturer and popular consumer brand in China, has chosen to pre-install Opera Mini on three new handsets.

Opera Software announced today it will support Gears in its desktop and mobile browsers. The inclusion of Gears in Opera’s main browsing products supports Opera’s vision of transforming the browser into a full platform for applications, regardless of device.

Opera Software, the leading provider of Web browsing solutions, today announced that Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel, the national mobile services provider, has chosen to distribute Opera Mini to its client base of over one million subscribers. Now, Mobitel customers can access all their favorite Web sites without the need to change their handsets.