Opera Mini Browser Claims To Have 50 Million User Base In India

Opera Mini Browser Claims To Have 50 Million User Base In India

The company claims it to be the third largest mobile app used in India after Facebook and WhatsApp!    Rate this news:  (0 Votes) Tuesday, November 11, 2014:  Opera Software has announced that its Opera Mini mobile browser has reached over 50 million users in India. Opera CEO Lars Boilesen made the announcement by doing a flash mob at Ambience mall in Delhi. The company also claimed that it is now the third largest mobile app used in India after Facebook and WhatsApp. As per the stats, India involves largest user base of Opera Mini browser in the world. The company shared about its achievements in a press statement by saying, “In India, the number of Opera's smartphone users grew by 110 percent over the past year and now account for 50 percent of Opera's total user base. These users are spread across Opera's portfolio of browsers, including Opera Mini and Opera's high-end smartphone browsers - Opera Coast for iOS devices and Opera for Android.” Few notable features of Opera Mini browser are: • It can shrink webpages by up to 90 per cent • Render pages at a faster speed, even in places with poor network conditions • Supports multiple languages like Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese and Kashmiri. Notably, 16 Indian handset manufacturers already have pre-installed Opera Mini browser on over 350 Android devices in the market.