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Opera Mobile 10 powers MediaTek feature phones

September 6, 2010 - Oslo, Norway, and Taipei, Taiwan

Opera Software today announced Opera Mobile 10, its full-feature mobile browser", has landed on on MediaTek's platform. MediaTek Inc., a leading semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, has chosen Opera Mobile to power its feature phones. Starting from now, MediaTek's new chip solutions for 2.75G and 3G feature phones will be shipped with Opera Mobile 10.

Opera Mobile has been recognized as providing the best Web experience on smartphones. Features such as Speed Dial, tabs, password manager, Opera Link and a pop-up blocker make a desktop-like web experience on feature phones a reality. Opera Mobile 10 also allows users to surf efficiently on a slow, congested network. Users have the flexibility to enable Opera Turbo, the Opera compression technology, to load webpages much more quickly than other mobile phone browsers. Now, Opera Mobile comes to feature phones powered by MediaTek's new chip solutions, which allows feature phones to provide the same powerful web-browsing capability as smartphones.

"Internet browsing has been a requirement on smartphones for some time. Now, feature phones follow suit," says Steven Yuan, GM of Wireless Communication BU I of MediaTek. "Opera Mobile is an innovative and user friendly mobile browser to enable the best Internet experience in today's mobile communication. With MediaTek's latest chipset solution for feature phones, the device makers and partners are able to deliver the users much smarter feature phones than ever."

"Delivering a complete web experience on feature phones is a significant step forward," says Lars Boilesen, CEO, Opera Software. "It represents a wider adoption of sophisticated feature phones with the superior web-browsing capability in the market in the near future. We are working closely with MediaTek to make it happen."

Opera Mobile 10 is based on the same browser engine as Opera for desktop. It runs directly on MediaTek's platform, using the phone's hardware to download and display webpages. In addition, Opera Mobile fully enables advanced Web 2.0 technology, such as AJAX, enabling a more interactive browsing experience.

About Opera Software ASA

The worldwide World Wide Web — any device, any platform, any bandwidth, absolutely anywhere in the world. Opera Software was founded in 1994, based on the idea that access to the web should be a universal right. 250 million people (and counting) use the Opera web browsers for computers, mobile phones, TVs and other connected devices. Opera also delivers tools, distribution, engagement, monetization and market insights to developers, publishers and brands around the world. We are passionate about breaking down barriers, so everyone can share in the power of the internet. Our vision of one web for all remains at the heart of what we do, because we believe that participation changes everything. Opera Software ASA is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OPERA. ‘Opera’, ‘Opera Software’, ‘Opera Mini’ and the ‘O’ logo are trademarks of Opera Software ASA. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Learn more about Opera at www.opera.com.