Opera today made Googlethe default search engine in Opera’s mobile
Web browsers. Now anyone using Opera Mobile or Opera Mini can access
Google’s powerful mobile search directly from the browser start page,
meaning they’ll be able to quickly and easily get the information they
need, whenever and wherever they need it.
Google has been the default search
option on Opera’s desktop browser for seven years. This new mobile
collaboration covers all global territories except Russia and the
Commonwealth of Independent States, and includes all of Opera’s
standard mobile Web browsers.
“Google and Opera have established
a valuable relationship over the years and we look forward to continued
collaboration on mobile products,” said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera.
“With 2008 poised to be the year the mobile Web goes mainstream, Google
and Opera are extending this collaboration to give our users immediate
access to the quality and convenience of Google’s search results. We’re
excited to extend this productive relationship and we
Because Opera Mini targets feature phones that have
traditionally possessed limited browsing capabilities, millions of
people have made the personal choice to download and install Opera Mini
to their phones. These consumers tend to use the mobile Web more
frequently and actively than consumers with more static, less dynamic
mobile Web browsers. Every month, Opera Mini users browse more than 1.7
billion pages, with much of that traffic generated through the search
function in the browser.