OzHub, the Macquarie Telecom-led cloud computing alliance, has come down firmly on the side of Optus over the copyright controversy surrounding Optus TV Now, warning that any moves to change the law "risk branding Australia a global luddite state."
Vodafone Australia will offer its customers a customised version of the Opera Mini mobile browser in a move designed to give customers with low and mid priced handsets a high quality mobile Internet experience.
Vodafone globally has announced an agreement with Opera Software to develop a custom-made version of its Opera Mini mobile browser to be available in Vodafone markets across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Vodafone Australia confirmed to iTWire that Asia includes Australia.
Vodafone operating companies will be able to pre-embed the Vodafone version of the Opera Mini browser on Java-based portfolio handsets or encourage customers to download it themselves. No timeframe was available for launch of the product in Australia.
Vodafone said the browser would be particularly appealing to customers in developing countries. "Vodafone customers will benefit from the ability to enjoy the full web-browsing functionality on Java mobile phones as well as an icon-based display that is easy to personalise," the company said. "In addition, customers will be able to take advantage of an easy zoom in and out feature which automatically fits the mobile screen and on selected handsets the ability to view video content from popular sites such as YouTube."
Opera Mini works in conjunction with a central server to compress pages by up to 90 percent before being sent to the customer's handset, which means that browsing is fast even in areas of relatively low network speeds. "As a result, the handset is able to devote more of its resources to giving the user a high quality browsing experience," Vodafone says.
Opera Mini is claimed to be the world's most popular mobile browser with more than 20 million users. In a trial of the Vodafone version in Egypt, more than 400,000 users downloaded the software in one month.
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