Opera mobile report for October. Now with a calculator;)

For a month Opera Mini users became by 11% more



November 25, 2009 - Oslo, Norway

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The number of users of Opera Mini mobile browser in October increased by 11% compared with September and approached the mark of 40 million people. At the same time, web page views and the amount of transmitted data increased even more. Opera estimates that Opera Mini users worldwide save around $ 9.4 billion thanks to the browser’s ability to compress expensive traffic.



But how much does a specific user save? The new Report on the mobile Internet, prepared by Opera on the basis of October, includes a calculator that allows you to estimate monthly costs and savings using Opera Mini.



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).



General Report Data

- In October 2009, the number of Opera Mini users was 39.6 million, 11.3% more than in September and more than 155% more than in October 2008.



- 39.6 million users viewed 17.2 billion pages. Compared with September, this figure rose by 14.8%, and for the year - by 238%.



- Opera Mini users in October generated more than 263 million megabytes of traffic for operators around the world, which is 16% more than in September. Opera Mini allows you to compress data up to 90%. Thus, the total amount of data processed by the browser is 2.5 petabytes. Compared with October last year, traffic increased by 233%.



- The list of the top 10 countries by the number of Opera Mini users has not changed since the previous month. It includes (in descending order): Russia, Indonesia, India, China, Ukraine, South Africa, USA, UK, Poland and Vietnam.



- The number of viewed from Opera Mini pages from Russia for the year increased by 111.3%, and the number of unique browser users in the country - by 42.1%. On average, each user per month viewed 410 pages, and the volume of each page averaged 20 KB (after compression).



- The number of Opera Mini users in Ukraine for the year increased by 59.5%, and the pages they viewed increased by 231.3%. Each user viewed 627 pages, and the average page size was 18 KB (after compression). The Yahoo web resource is back on the list of the ten most visited from Ukraine after a three-month absence from it.



“Opera Mini users worldwide are saving billions of dollars, reducing their costs on the mobile Internet. In order to assess how significant these savings are in different regions, we have developed a calculator, said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Opera. - Thanks to the ability of Opera Mini to compress data up to 90%, users can significantly reduce the amount they pay monthly for mobile traffic. The web is becoming more accessible, including in terms of costs, which helps to significantly increase the effect of the revolution in mobile communications. And one of the factors that make it possible — and potentially change the lives of billions of people — is Opera Mini. ”



The archive of reports on the mobile Internet is available at: www.opera.com/smw/archive (in English)



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