Airtel, Opera Mini sign mobile browser agreement

Telecommunications company, Bharti Airtel, has signed a global arrangement with Opera Software to offer a customised and co-branded version of Opera Mini internet browser for Airtel mobile customers

Airtel, with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, said in a statement with the signing of the arrangement, over 253 million Airtel customers across countries in South Asia and Africa would leverage Opera Mini’s proxy-server-based technology to compress data by up to 90%  and decrease their data transfer costs.

Designed for speed and ease of use, Opera Mini provides fast browsing on nearly any mobile phone.

It is proven to make browsing up to nine times as fast as client-only mobile browsers on both 2/2.5G and 3/3.75G networks.

Opera Software has agreements with 13 out of the top 30 operators globally. Used by over 168 million users, Opera Mini is the world’s most popular web browser on mobile phones.

Source: GNA