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Opera Software Celebrates 10 Years

Two days ago, Opera Software ASA threw an online party for its clients and wide community following. For 24 hours, Opera handed out free registration codes - all of this to celebrate their 10 year anniversary and their community`s constant support. At the party site, members chatted online with Opera employees, played games, downloaded music created by Opera employees, and sent their warm wishes. Looking to the future, Opera aims to continue to provide an innovative, standards-compliant, secure and easy-to-use browser for all kinds of devices and platforms.

Beginning in 1995 as a research project at the Norwegian telecom incumbent Telenor, Opera celebrates ten years of browser innovation. Opera Software ASA, headquartered in Oslo, Norway, has consistently provided its users with new ways of browsing and interacting with the Web. `On this day we celebrate our users. From the very beginning, we`ve consistently worked closely with our community to make sure we deliver the best Internet experience. In short, we would never have been where we are today without all the people who have volunteered their time and energy to Opera,` said Jon S. von Tetzchner, Opera Software CEO.

Since its small beginnings, Opera has grown to a 250-person organization that is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and boasting a healthy balance sheet. With 30 nationalities represented among the employees, Opera Software is a truly global organization, serving corporate and private customers across the world. Recently, the company launched Opera Mini(TM), a Web browser that can run on almost any mobile phone. This makes the innovative Opera mobile Web browser compatible with nearly 700 million phones across the world.