Opera extends and broadens Opera Mini contract for mass market mobile phones with leading OEM

Oslo, Norway - July 9, 2008 - Opera Software today announced that it has extended and broadened its contract with a leading original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to develop and deliver Opera Mini, the world's most popular browser for mobile phones. Under the terms of the new agreement, the OEM will pre-install a fully Opera-branded version of Opera Mini on a wide range of mass market mobile phones. While the contract primarily covers the OEM's high volume, proprietary platform, it also opens up for distribution on other platforms. The Opera Mini browser will be tightly integrated with other applications on the phones and the OEM has the option to make Opera Mini the default browser on selected models.

Under the terms of the agreemeent, Opera Software controls the home screen of the Opera Mini browser, allowing Opera to generate revenues from search and advertising, in addition to development fees and support and maintenance fees.