State of Opera in the first quarter of 2008

Recently, the financial results of the first quarter of 2008 were presented. Summarizing- Opera is profitable, it has a lot of money and the profit grows fastest in the entire business segment.

We can distinguish the following:

• Opera is profitable, and profits grow faster than costs
• Record quarter with a total profit growth of 57%
• Costs increased by 25%
• The profit from the Desktop application grew by 56%, respectively, with an increased number of users and a higher average profit per person (Average Revenue Per User (ARPU)) (did you search Google more often from the address bar?)
• Over 20 Million Desktop Users
• User base growth of 10% compared to 4th quarter 2007
• 11.9 million people used Opera Mini in March
• 20 billion pages viewed in Opera Mini
• Monthly views in Opera Mini are skyrocketing
• A big increase in profits from the direction of Opera Mini
• Important customers for the mobile and device market have been announced (and will be announced)
• Opera has passed the mark of 500 jobs

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