Thanks to Opera Mini, users save over $ 8 billion a year.

The number of Opera Mini users has exceeded 35 million people per month, and the volume of processed data is 2 petabytes.

October 27, 2009 - Oslo, Norway Opera Software today distributed a fresh Report on the mobile Internet, created on the basis of statistics using the Opera Mini browser. Thanks to the browser, the total savings on mobile data services reaches 8.1 billion dollars a year.
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The Monthly Report contains information about the trends of mobile Internet in the world and in individual regions. Its full version is available at www.opera.com/smw (in English). In addition to the general review, the September Report includes more detailed information on the state of the mobile Web in Russia and other CIS countries.

General Report Data
- In September 2009, Opera Mini took advantage of more than 35.6 million people. This is 11.5% more than in August and 150% more than in September 2008.

- 35.6 million users viewed 15 billion web pages. Thus, the result of August is exceeded by 7.2%, and in September 2008 - by 230%. On average, Opera Mini users open up to 500 million web pages per day.

- In September, Opera Mini users generated more than 227 million MB of traffic, which was 8.7% higher than in August and 224% higher than in September 2008. Opera Mini allows you to compress data up to 90%. Thus, the total amount of data processed by the browser is 2.1 petabytes.

- The list of top 10 countries by the number of Opera Mini users has changed since the previous month. Now go to it (descending): Russia, Indonesia, India, China, Ukraine, South Africa, USA, UK, Poland and, for the first time, Vietnam. Nigeria lost to the 10th position of Vietnam and left the rating.

- The number of browser users in Russia increased by 47.1% over the year, and the web pages they viewed increased by 109.6%. On average, each user downloads 7 MB of data per month to his mobile phone, and the average size of a web page is 18 KB.

- Over the year, the number of Opera Mini users in Ukraine increased by 54.9%, and the web pages they viewed increased by 195.1%. Using the browser, residents of Ukraine upload an average of 10 MB of data to their mobile phones and browse 569 web pages per month.

Democratic Mobile Internet
Opera Mini allows you to save on the mobile Internet, attracting more and more users to it and generating additional income for operators.
- Savings on mobile traffic Opera Mini users from the top 10 countries is about 672 million dollars a month, or 8.1 billion dollars a year. Based on the cost of services and the activity of use, the users of the USA and the UK save the most money.

Mobile Internet trends in Russia and other CIS countries
- The rating of the Top-11 CIS regions by the number of Opera Mini users includes (in descending order): Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

- Over the past year, the total number of web pages viewed with Opera Mini in the Top-11 CIS regions has increased by 133%, and the number of browser users has increased by 55%.

- Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are in the lead in the Top-11 ranking of the growth of Opera Mini unique users in the CIS for the year.

- Nokia and Sony Ericsson remain the most popular brands of mobile phones among Opera Mini users in the CIS.

Full version of the Mobile Internet Report: www.opera.com/smw
Reports Archive: www.opera.com/smw/archive

About Opera Software ASA
Opera Software ASA is an industry leader in the development of web browsers for desktops, mobile phones and other devices. Opera Browser has received worldwide recognition from users and manufacturers due to its speed, compactness and greater proximity to standards than other browsers. The headquarters of Opera Software is located in Oslo (Norway), and territorial offices are located in several countries around the world. The company's shares are traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange Stock Exchange under the ticker OPERA. More information about the company: www.opera.com

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