Opera Software has released a mobile browser — Opera Mini — designed for mobile handsets that couldn’t otherwise support a browser. The handsets have to be Java-enabled, but Opera estimates the potential market at “700 million low- and mid-tier Java-capable phones”. Rather than give direct access to the web the application connects to a remote ‘Opera Mini’ server which translates the pages so they can be read.
“Because Opera Mini enables Web access on low- and mid-tier phones, operators can now dramatically increase the average revenue per user (ARPU) across their entire customer base by stimulating the usage of compelling mobile Web services. Opera offers full customization of Opera Mini to companies, for example operators, broadcasters, mobile content providers and the Internet industry, that would like to include their own version of Opera Mini as part of their mobile content offerings.” (via Textually.org)
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