Telecom Lead India: Bharti Airtel has signed a global
agreement with Opera Software to offer a customized and co-branded version of
Opera Mini internet browser for Airtel mobile customers across its operations.
Used by over 168 million users, Opera Mini is the world’s
most popular web browser on mobile phones.
The partnership will benefit over 253 million Airtel
customers across countries including India, South Asia and Africa. It will
enable them to leverage Opera Mini’s unique proxy-server-based technology to
compress data by up to 90 percent and decrease their data transfer costs.
Opera Mini provides remarkably fast browsing on
nearly any mobile phone — up to nine times as fast as client-only mobile
browsers on both 2/2.5G and 3G networks. With its small footprint and high
level of usability, Opera Mini provides a consistent user experience across a
broad range of handsets.
Our primary drive is to provide the best user
experience, no matter what device people use. There are millions of users with
basic mobile phones instead of smartphones, and Opera Mini gives even the most
basic phone a smartphone-like web experience,” said Lars Boilesen, CEO,
Opera Software.
We are happy to welcome Airtel into our partner
community. Airtel’s strong presence in emerging markets, combined with Opera
Mini’s technology, will make the mobile web available to millions of new
users,” Boilesen added.
Opera Software has agreements with 13 out of the top 30
operators globally. Opera Mini’s popularity in emerging markets can be credited
to its smooth performance on basic/non-smartphones.
We are excited to bring a superior browsing platform to
Airtel mobile customers across India and South Asia by leveraging Opera Mini’s
tried-and-tested set of solutions. We are confident that this association will
be instrumental in helping us deliver a truly customized, enhanced and optimized
browsing experience for our data users”, said K Srinivas, president
Consumer Business, Bharti Airtel.
Opera Software has agreements with 13 out of the top 30
operators globally. Used by over 168 million users, Opera Mini is the world’s
most popular web browser on mobile phones. Opera Mini’s popularity in emerging
markets can be credited to its smooth performance on basic/non-smartphones.
Bharti Airtel deploys Cisco ASR 5500 platform to improve mobile
broadband
In another recent development Airtel has deployed the
Cisco ASR 5500 platform. The new Cisco ASR 5500 system delivers the scale that
service providers need to address the evolving mobile requirements of their
customers.
The new platform enhances 3G, 4G, 4G long-term evolution
(LTE) and Wi-Fi mobile services.
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