OSLO, NORWAY and PARIS, FRANCE: Provider of Web browsing solutions, Opera Software has announced that Ten by Orange has launched its innovative and unlimited mobile Internet service, Easy Web, powered by Opera Mini.

Leveraging Opera's compression technology to pre-process and compress Web pages by up to 90 percent before sending them to mobile phones, the Easy Web service enables Ten by Orange customers to access the full Web, surf their favorite websites, enjoy mobile blogging and social networking - all on the go.  Easy Web, powered by Opera Mini, will be made available on the HTC Touch, Samsung SGH-F330 and fifteen other handsets in France.

A subsidiary of the Orange Group, Ten by Orange develops innovative offers and services designed to bring mobile Internet solutions to the French marketplace.  "By partnering with Opera, we are able to provide our customers with a true Web browser which is fast, robust and keeps our delivery costs under control," said Thierry Coilhac, COO of Ten by Orange. "In addition, Opera's development team demonstrated their deep expertise when creating a customized Opera Mini solution based on our specific requirements."

Opera Mini enables Ten by Orange to boasts a customized home page with full brand integration of the User Interface (UI), homepage control including search, modification of menu items, pre-installation, bookmarks and more.

"Opera continues to work with customers such as Ten by Orange to implement advanced mobile browsing solutions to meet their current and future needs," said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. "Together with our customers and partners, we look forward to continue extending the growing market momentum of mobile Web browsing."

Opera Mini makes surfing the Web on a mobile device more intuitive than ever by offering a high quality PC-like Internet experience. Bringing the desktop experience to mobile, Opera Mini's Small Screen Rendering (SSR) reformats the Web page to fit inside the screen width, automatically eliminating the need for horizontal scrolling. Alternatively, a new "Desktop mode" gives users a wider view of the page. Opera Zoom functionality allows users to drive into the page offering dynamic navigation of the page content. With tens of millions of users and deployments at many of the world's top operators and OEMs, Opera Mini is a proven solution backed with real-world results.