BROWSING: Opera Software ASA

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Google Inc. is dipping its toe in the mobile browser business, formatting Internet sites for users surfing the wireless Web. The company has developed software that modifies Web sites for the smaller screens of cell phones. Users who perform a Google search...

HANNOVER, Germany—Opera Software ASA scored a major win, inking a deal to pre-load its Java-based mobile browser on T-Mobile International phones in Europe. The deal calls for a customized, branded version of Opera Mini with "T-Mobile’s look and feel" to be embedded on three...

DUBLIN, Ireland-The company behind a mobile-specific Internet domain released guidelines for publishers looking to build wireless Web sites. Top Level Domain Ltd. (mTLD) unveiled mandatory rules and recommended best practices for users of the .mobi domain, which is set for commercial launch this summer....

Opera Software unveiled what it called a "WAP killer" last week, going global with its Web browser for Java-enabled mobile phones. Opera Mini uses a proxy server to format traditional Internet content for small screens-thereby bypassing the need for WAP technology and allowing users...

OSLO, Norway-Opera Software announced the worldwide release of its Web browser for Java-enabled mobile phones. Opera Mini, which can be downloaded free from the company's Web site, uses a proxy server to format traditional Internet content for small screens-thereby bypassing the need for WAP...

OSLO, Norway-Internet browser vendor Opera Software ASA teamed with Bytemobile Inc. on a new mobile Web browser for 3G handsets. The offering, which the companies said increases current browser speeds by as much as 300 percent when running over 3G networks, integrates Bytemobile's Optimization...

OSLO, Norway-Opera Software said it expects to increase sales of its Web browser through Nokia Corp., according to reports, a move that could further expand the wireless Internet marketplace.Opera sells a scaled-down version of its standard Internet browser to mobile-phone makers like Nokia. The...

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and mobile developer Opera Software will team to offer a BREW-based shopping Web browser for handsets.The product will offer wireless users content and applications based on their preferences. For instance, a consumer searching for a basketball score via his device could...

OSLO, Norway-Opera Software announced the Opera smart-phone browser will become available for Microsoft Windows Mobile software.Opera's browsers include Small-Screen Rendering (SSR) technology, which reformats regular Web pages so users can browse them on small mobile screens without horizontal scrolling. "Operators want to offer their...

OSLO, Norway-Opera Software released a new version of its operating system for mobile phones. The company said the new version 7 features its desktop core engine and includes support for W3C's Document Object Model, Street HTML, JavaScript and bi-directional text."Opera 7 forms the basis...

OSLO, Norway-Opera Software continued its advances in the mobile phone market with the signing of a new deal with handset maker Kyocera Wireless Corp. Kyocera said it will sell the ZTE V91 and LU PS-900 mobile phones in China with the Opera Internet browser.Opera,...

OSLO, Norway-Opera Software detailed its previously announced plans for an initial public offering in Norway, with hopes of scoring around $40 million. The move is a nod to the company's successes in the mobile-phone market, as more and more major handset manufacturers license the...

Jon Tetzchner wants to kill WAP. And he's not alone."It makes no sense to have two systems," said Tetzchner, chief executive officer of Internet browsing company Opera Software ASA.Tetzchner is hoping to kill WAP by making it obsolete. He's got company-Nokia Corp., Sony Ericsson...