Expanding mobile Web offering: T-Mobile chooses Opera Mini to power web'n'walk on high-volume feature phones

Oslo, Norway – March 8, 2006

T-Mobile has chosen Opera Mini™ to power their web'n'walk offering on high-volume feature phones in Europe. A branded and customized Opera Mini™ version with T-Mobile's look and feel will be pre-installed on four mobile phones, with several more handsets under development. T-Mobile is the first operator to pre-install customized Opera Mini browsers on selected handsets.

"Full Internet browsing on mass market mobile handsets is now a viable service for most consumers," said Tony Cripps, Wireless Software Analyst, Ovum. "Smartphone owners have already shown the potential of full Internet services to boost ARPU. Now mobile operators can extend that option across their customer base and free users from the confines of the walled garden."

By pre-installing Opera Mini on its high-volume feature phones, T-Mobile is bringing the web'n'walk concept to phones that have previously been incapable of running a full Web browser. Consequently, more people can now surf all their favorite sites on their mobile phones, and T-Mobile can increase the ARPU from driving data traffic across its entire subscriber base.

"T-Mobile underlines its committment to bring web'n'walk to the mass market by enabling an even broader device portfolio to surf the open internet via the Opera Mini browser," said Ingo Schneider, Vice President Mobile Data, T-Mobile.

"Today's announcement is a milestone for Opera, T-Mobile and mobile phone users," said Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. "As the first operator to pre-install Opera Mini on its most popular feature phones, T-Mobile is taking a leading position in offering full Internet access to mobile phone users in Europe."

T-Mobile was the first operator in Europe that brought full Internet browsing to mass market in 2005 with the customized Opera Mobile™ browser on several handsets. Web'n'walk is T-Mobile's initiative to differentiate itself as the leading mobile Internet provider and grow data services into a mass market.

Availability

The Sony Ericsson K608i, Motorola V3/V3i and Nokia 6280 with Opera Mini™ will be available from mid-March, 2006 in Germany. More countries will join.

About T-Mobile

T-Mobile International is one of the world's leading companies in mobile communications. As one of Deutsche Telekom`s three strategic business units, T-Mobile concentrates on the most dynamic markets in Europe and the United States. By the end of March 2005, nearly 80 million customers are served in the nine T-Mobile markets. And all that over a common technology platform based on GSM, the world's most successful digital wireless standard. This also makes T-Mobile the only mobile communications provider with a seamless transatlantic service.

T-Mobile also is partner of FreeMove, an alliance formed by four of Europe's leading mobile companies - Orange, Telefónica Móviles, TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile) and T-Mobile - to help their customers communicate as easily while travelling abroad as they do at home.

For more information about T-Mobile International, please visit www.t-mobile.net.

About Opera Software ASA

Opera Software ASA has redefined Web browsing for PCs, mobile phones and other networked devices. Opera's cross-platform Web browser technology is renowned for its performance, standards compliance and small size, while giving users a faster, safer and more dynamic online experience. Opera Software is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices around the world. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OPERA. Learn more about Opera at http://www.opera.com/.

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