(Our Tech Blog) Opera Software is working with mobile phone distributors from China Telling Telecom to create a joint venture named Horizon Innovation (Beijing) Software Ltd..Through Horizon, the Opera browser was finally introduced to the phone called Oupeng. This will be the way Opera stuck nails in the Bamboo Curtain country that is very seductive.
China is the country with the world's largest mobile phone users. The amount, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology local, exceeds 900 million users.
Although very large, China only ranks eighth Opera Mini users. Though Indonesia, which is in the range of cell phone users 190 million-an, reaching the order of 2 users Opera Mini the world.
Seeing the huge market potential, it would not be surprised if later Opera sought more aggressively in China. One of them through Oupeng a local partner holding.
"The launch of mobile browser Oupeng an important part of Opera development strategy in China. We have high confidence for the future Oupeng," said Eric C. Harrel, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer of Opera Software, in a statement received detikINET on Wednesday (10/08/2011).
Oupeng distinctive capabilities including connectedness with the local social networking sites like Weibo. While technically Opera Oupeng using a proven engine. Oupeng.com Oupeng available on the site for free.