MTN Group renews agreement with Opera Software

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA: MTN Group and Opera Software have signed a new two-year agreement to offer a custom version of Opera Mini to MTN subscribers.

Opera Mini is a mobile web browser that compresses webpages to as little as 10 percent of their initial size,which helps customers to save on data costs and network operators to save on bandwidth, thus enabling more people to access the mobile web.

MTN has rolled out a co-branded version of Opera Mini in 17 markets in the last two years, and has seen phenomenal uptake since it was first launched, with its user base more than doubling in the past 12 months alone.

MTN and Opera have worked together to promote the co-branded browser via different campaigns in all regions in which it has been rolled out. Opera has also partnered with local MTN operations to embed Opera Mini on devices sold by MTN.

Under the new agreement, Opera Mini remains available for new and existing MTN subscribers in each market, providing one-click access from the home page to services such as MTN Play and MTN Football.