Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
Norway's Opera Software, intends to build on the market niche it has carved for its increasingly popular Web browser by setting up an office in the heart of Silicon Valley. Opera's new Mountain View office puts the company in close proximity to some the most important global Web players, including Google and Yahoo.
Although Opera has had only limited success in
the desktop and notebook computing space, with an estimated modest 1%
market share, its speed and compact code have made it popular among
players in the portable browser space, such as Nintendo, Samsung and
Motorola.
Oslo-based Opera scored a big win when it was chosen as the browser for
Nintendo's trail blazing new gaming console the Wii, which has sold 12
million consoles worldwide since it was released 11 months ago. The
company has now positioned its product as the browser of choice for
portable applications.
Opera sees the convergence of Web services among various device types
as an opportunity and intends to further its cooperation with US
operators and device manufacturers to provide an advanced mobile
Web-browsing experience to the American market.
Current Opera partners and customers include Google, Yahoo!, Adobe,
Motorola, Palm, Nintendo of America, and Qualcomm, among others. Its
browser-based products include the Opera browser for all major desktop
platforms, Opera Mobile, Opera Mini, Opera for Wii and Opera Widgets.
"In 1999, Opera created the market for accessing the Web on any device.
Today, the industry and consumers are realizing the value of using the
same services wherever they are," says Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera
Software. "Our presence in Silicon Valley will allow our business
relationships and Web development initiatives to deepen with closer
collaboration."
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