Opera Mini supports virtually all Java-enabled cell phones and compresses Web pages by up to 80%, reformatting them for easy and fast browsing on mobile screens.

By John Walko - Jan 24, 2006 08:02 AM

LONDON — After major trials in Scandanavia and Germany, mobile phone browser developer Opera Software has released its Mini Web browser that runs on most mobile phones.

Mobile phones must support Java in order to use the new browser.

The trials had already established a user base of over 1 million. Opera Mini will be available free of charge via Wireless Application Protocol download, or for a small fee via users' small messaging service providers.

"With Opera Mini, most people can start surfing the Web with the mobile phone they have today," said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Opera Software (Oslo, Norway).

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