James Rosewell writes:
Just in time to make it into 2010, the Wholesale Application Community has gained some important but relatively unreported publicity courtesy of Opera. It’s a slightly early Christmas present for Peters Suh, WAC CEO and a man keen to ensure the industry is presented with a story showing WAC meeting its targets.
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Three UK has done a deal with the makers of the Opera Mini web browser that’ll see the free Opera software made available on Three’s internet portal.
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Most 18 to 27 year-old Opera Mini users access the web from their mobile phones more often than they use a desktop or laptop computer for browsing. That’s according to a survey released by Opera Software, the company responsible for the range of Opera web browsers. The figure is dramatically higher in Nigeria, South Africa and Indonesia, where over 90% of these younger users said they used their mobile phones more than computers to access the internet.
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Opera, best known for its mobile and desktop web browsers, has launched its own advertising service. The Open Mobile Ad Exchange enables businesses to place ads on the Opera Mini mobile browser, giving them access to an audience of 66.5 million feature phone and smartphone users. Site owners who sign up for the Open Mobile Ad Exchange simply embed JavaScript in their webpages. Today's news follows Opera's acquisition of California-based mobile advertising service AdMarvel earlier this year.
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Browser company Opera has taken a look at ‘gender equality on the mobile web’ in its latest State of the Mobile Web report. It notes that the percentage of women on the mobile web has risen 575% in the last two years. South Africa currently has the world’s highest proportion of mobile internet users – 43.5% - followed by the USA with 35.6%, Russia at 32.4% and the United Kingdom with 31.5%. At the other end of the scale, India has the fewest female users (4.0%), followed by Nigeria (5.4%), China (11.6%) and Vietnam (17.9%).
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