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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Bytemobile and Opera Software Partner
Mountain View, Calif. and Oslo, Norway, February 6, 2007
Bytemobile, Inc. and Opera Software ASA today announced a joint
development and marketing agreement for dynamic content adaptation
solutions that will provide fast, full Internet access on mobile
phones and other mass-market devices. Under the agreement, the two
companies will integrate Opera Mini™ browser transcoding technology
with Bytemobile's Unison™? multi-service optimization platform. This
will provide mobile network operators with the first carrier-grade,
commercial infrastructure solution offering full-HTML web browsing
to their handset subscribers.
Since its launch in January 2006, the Opera Mini browser has been
deployed on the mobile phones of more than 10 million users worldwide.
Within the Unison architecture, Opera Mini content adaptation
technology will enable network operators to enhance the mobile user
experience with fast web access on any device, anywhere, via server-
based and client-server browsing. The agreement announced today
continues a partnership between Bytemobile and Opera that began with
embedded browser optimization (EBO) for the Opera Mobile browser in
January 2006.
"This is a strategic partnership of two industry leaders, leveraging
the technological innovation and global market footprint of Opera in
web browsing and Bytemobile in Internet services optimization," said
Timo Bruns, executive vice president, Business Development, at Opera.
"Together, we have the opportunity to quickly reach the subscribers of
Bytemobile's global customer base of more than 70 top-tier operators
with superior handset browsing solutions."
"The Opera partnership is a key element of our strategy for delivering
the Internet to any mobile device," said Adrian Hall, vice president
of Marketing and Business Development at Bytemobile. "This is an
important breakthrough for mobile consumers who want to expand their
daily web experience from the laptop to the 'any time, anywhere'
mobility of the handset".
Bytemobile's Unison multi-service optimization platform is installed
in the core of the operator's network. It monitors all network traffic
and transparently applies services such as performance acceleration,
content filtering for parental controls, WAP 2 gateway, and now,
intelligent adaptation of all Internet content for handsets.
In a separate news release today - "Bytemobile Launches Unison Web
Fidelity Service to Provide Open Internet Access on Mass-Market
Wireless Devices" - Bytemobile announced the new intelligent content
adaptation service to be developed with Opera and marketed by both
companies. The Unison Web Fidelity Service is currently scheduled for
general availability to mobile network operators worldwide in June
2007.
Bytemobile's exhibit at 3GSM World Congress 2007 - February 12-15 in
Barcelona, Spain - will be located in the Fira de Barcelona, Hall 2,
Booth 2B80. Opera Software's exhibit will be located across the aisle
in Booth 2B77.
About Bytemobile, Inc.
Bytemobile is the global leader in optimization solutions which
simplify, unify and accelerate the delivery of advanced wireless data
services to mobile handsets, laptops and PDAs. Today, Bytemobile
solutions are installed in the wireless networks of more than 70
carriers, which serve nearly one billion mobile subscribers in over 40
countries across Asia, North America, South America, Europe, the
Middle East, and Africa. The company's customers include leading
network operators such as Astelit, China Mobile, Cingular, KPN, NTT
DoCoMo, O2, Orange, PTC, PTK Centertel, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile,
Telecom Italia Mobile, Telefonica Moviles, Vodafone, and Willcom. With
corporate offices in Mountain View, California, the company has
regional sales and support facilities in Bracknell, England; Tokyo,
Japan; Beijing, China; and Singapore; and research and development
centers in Patras, Greece; Marlborough, Massachusetts; and Champaign,
Illinois. To learn more about Bytemobile, visit www.bytemobile.com
Bytemobile, the Bytemobile logo and Unison are trademarks of
Bytemobile, Inc. and may be registered in some jurisdictions. All
other product or service names are the property of their respective
owners.
About Opera Software ASA
Opera Software ASA has redefined Web browsing for PCs, mobile phones
and other networked devices. Opera's cross- platform Web browser
technology is renowned for its small size, performance and standards-
compliance, while giving users a faster, safer and more dynamic online
experience. Opera Software is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with
offices around the world. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock
Exchange under the ticker symbol OPERA. Learn more about Opera at
www.opera.com.
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