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Opera recently released the State of the Mobile Web Report for February 2010. According to this report, popular mobile phone browser Opera Mini generates more than $1.2 billion per year for mobile operators worldwide. Opera said that since February 2009, page views have increased 200%. Over 46.3 million people use Opera Mini each month, matching the number of Opera’s desktop users for the first time.

Here are the highlights of this report:

• Opera Mini’s 90% compression rate saves consumers on their mobile browsing bills, more than $8 billion per year.
• In February 2010, Opera Mini users generated over 330 million MB of data for operators worldwide.
• The top 10 countries for Opera Mini usage in January 2010 were: Russia, Indonesia, India, China, Ukraine, South Africa, Nigeria, the United States, Vietnam and the United Kingdom.
• Using $1 per megabyte as a global average, Opera Mini users generate nearly $4 billion for operators worldwide each year.
• Opera Mini had over 50.5 million users, a 1.7% increase from January 2010 and more than 145% compared to February 2009.
• Data in Opera Mini is compressed by up to 90%. If this data were uncompressed, Opera Mini users would have viewed over 3 petabytes of data in February.

Mr. Jon von Tetzchner, Opera’s c0-founder, says:

We like to think of Opera Mini as a win-win solution. Consumers who would otherwise not pay for the mobile Web can do so without fear of “sticker shock” when they see their bill. People paying for a flat-rate data plan can enjoy quick and hassle-free browsing over EDGE or 3G connections. Operators attract new customers for their data packages, and their strained networks can catch their breath while our servers do the heavy lifting.

Opera Mini Stats For India: February 2010

Top 10 sites in India (unique users)

   1. google.com
   2. orkut.com
   3. yahoo.com
   4. facebook.com
   5. youtube.com
   6. wikipedia.org
   7. songs.pk
   8. wap.in
   9. zedge.net
  10. getjar.com

Top handsets

1. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic
2. Nokia 2700c
3. Nokia N70
4. Nokia 3110c
5. Nokia 6300
6. Nokia N73
7. Nokia 7210
8. Nokia N72
9. Nokia 5310 XpressMusic
10. Nokia 3500c

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