Opera Mini Installed in 15 Million Handsets

Usage of Opera Mini, a Java based Web browser for mobile phones, continues to grow worldwide. With more than 15 million cumulative users, Opera Mini claims to be the most popular downloadable Java software for mobile phones.

"With more than six million Java technology developers and 1.8 billion Java technology-enabled mobile handsets, the Java technology ecosystem continues to expand. Opera Mini has distinguished itself in this landscape and is succeeding to penetrate the market, making a great proof point of the ongoing vitality of the Java technology development community," says Jean Elliott, senior director Client Software Group product marketing, Sun Microsystems.

"We're proud of Opera Mini's award winning usability, but ultimately it's a popular application because it is useful to everyone," says Tatsuki Tomita, EVP, Opera Software. "We wrote Opera Mini in Java technology so that we could bring the full Internet to the largest number of mobile phones around the world."

People in Russia and the United States are the most prolific users of Opera Mini, with the Chinese a close third.

In total, more than 5,2 billion Web pages have been viewed with the browser from Opera Software. Web pages are compressed on a remote server and then delivered to the phone.

Leading operators and handset manufacturers have already realized the great potential of Opera Mini. For example, T-Mobile and Telefónica Móviles de España selected Opera Mini to provide their users with the best possible Internet experience on a mobile phone."

Posted to the site on 11th May 2007