Etisalat teams up with Opera Software
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By BiztechAfrica - Aug. 2, 2012, 12:28 p.m.
Etisalat and Opera Software have partnered in Nigeria, with Etisalat offering a co-branded Opera Mini browser to all of its over 13 million Nigerian customers.
Opera Mini is a highly customisable mobile web browser that is compatible with more than 3,000 different makes of handsets. Operators can build their own user web experience with a co-branded Opera Mini solution, giving consumers a consistent experience, look and feel relevant to their market and operator of choice.
Opera Mini reduces the data delivered to any handset by up to 90%. For cost-conscious consumer this means they can access the web more, for the same price.
Etisalat is launching two flavors of its co-branded offering – a Social bundle and a Sports bundle, running on the latest Opera Mini browser version 7. The Social bundle gives subscribers daily access to social networking sites - Facebook, Twitter and Naijapals, while the Sports bundle gives subscribers daily access to sites like Goal, Opera Sport, and ESPN.
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Benson chukwu - Aug. 6, 2012, 8:40 p.m.
I need the latest version of the opera mini of the etisalat