State of the Mobile Web, February 2010 March 29, 2010

In October, we reported on just how much money Opera Mini’s 90% compression rate saves consumers on their mobile browsing bills. The number was quite impressive: more than $8 billion per year. At the same time, Opera Mini encourages people to browse the Web on more than just smartphones, since Opera Mini offers a fantastic experience regardless of processor power, memory or pretty much any other mobile phone spec (except perhaps a color screen). Because more people can get more from the mobile Web with Opera Mini, operators stand to gain quite a  bit more in data revenues. Using the same model we used in October, we look at the revenue that operators make from Opera Mini. The results were quite dramatic: Opera Mini generates more than $1 billion per year for operators globally. 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. From our experience, and from these numbers, it seems everyone benefits from a better mobile Web experience. That, I think, is something about which we can all agree. Thanks for reading, Jon S. von Tetzchner Co-founder, Opera Software

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Highlights ■ As shown in Part 1 of the report, Opera Mini saw increases in all three categories of growth in February 2010: unique users, pages viewed and data consumed. In all, 50.5 million people used Opera Mini in February, over 22 billion pages were served, and 3 petabytes of operator data were compressed for users of Opera Mini. ■ Looking at the top 10 countries according to Opera Mini usage (in Part 2 of the report), Nigeria continues its rise — overtaking the United States in February. Also in February, China passed Ukraine to take the number 4 spot. ■ In Part 3 of this month’s report, we look at countries in North America and the Caribbean. The top 11 countries using Opera Mini in that region are the United States, Mexico, Canada, Costa Rica, Honduras, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama and Puerto Rico. ■ Some numbers: From February 2009 to February 2010, page views in the top 11 countries of North America and the Caribbean increased by 153%, unique users increased by 109% and data transferred increased by 84%. ■ Since our last spotlight on North America and the Caribbean, Honduras jumped from #7 to #5, Guadeloupe moved from #9 to #8, and several new countries made their way onto the list (Trinidad & Tobago, Panama, and Puerto Rico). ■ Growth rates in North America and the Caribbean: Guadeloupe and Panama lead the top 11 countries of the region in terms of page-view growth (2,555.3% and 897.5%, respectively). Guadeloupe and Dominican Republic lead the top 11 countries of the region in growth of unique users (5,725.3% and 384.2%, respectively). Costa Rica leads the top 11 countries of the region in page views per user, with each user browsing 359 pages on average each month. ■ In North America and the Caribbean, among mobile Web users, Google is at the top of the rankings in 10 out of the top 11 countries. In Puerto Rico, Google is number 2 (behind Facebook). ■ In North America and the Caribbean, Facebook is also very popular, taking the #1 spot in Puerto Rico, the #2 spot in six of the top 11 countries and the #3 spot in two of the top 11 countries. ■ Opera Mini users in North America and the Caribbean use several different handset brands, including BlackBerry, LG, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. In the United States and Canada, BlackBerry handsets occupy the number 1 spot. In five out of the 11 countries, Sony Ericsson handsets are number 1. In four out of the 11 countries, Nokia handsets take the number 1 spot. ■ In Part 4 of the report, we look at Opera Turbo usage among users of Opera Mobile. In February 2010, Opera Turbo on Opera Mobile was used by 645,000 unique users to view over 73 million pages, resulting in 4.1 terabytes of data transferred (post-compression). ■ Part 5 of the report features an analysis of the revenue for operators generated by Opera Mini. In February 2010, people browsing with Opera Mini (in the top 10 countries according to unique users) spent approximately 103.8 million dollars. That figure translates to approximately 1.2 billion dollars per year. ■ From a per user perspective, Opera Mini users spent approximately $4 on average in the month of February, which comes out to $48 per year. The heaviest spending occurs in the United States and the United Kingdom, whereas the least spending occurs in India and South Africa. ■ Using $1 per megabyte as a global average, Opera Mini users generate nearly $4 billion for operators worldwide each year.

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Part 1: Growth Note on methodology: All growth percentages in Part 1 are calculated using normalized figures that account for the varying number of days in each month.

Number of users In February 2010, Opera Mini had over 50.5 million users, a 1.7% increase from January 2010 and more than 145% compared to February 2009.

Pages transcoded Opera Mini users viewed over 22 billion pages in February 2010. Since January, page views went down 5.6%, partly because February only has 28 days compared to January’s 31. Since February 2009, page views have increased 200%.

Pages transcoded per month (billions)

Data consumed In February 2010, Opera Mini users generated over 330 million MB of data for operators worldwide. Since January, the data consumed went down by 1.9%, also related to the fewer number of days in February. 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. Since February 2009, data traffic is up over 164%.

Total data consumed per month (millions of megabytes)

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Part 2: Country snapshots for February 2010 Snapshot: Russia ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 62.1% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 65.9% Page views per user: 407 Data transferred per user (MB): 8 Data transferred per page view (KB): 20 Rambler is back on the top 10 list after a 5-month absence. Deposit Files is new to the top 10 list in Russia.

Top 10 sites in Russia (unique users) 1. vkontakte.ru 2. odnoklassniki.ru 3. yandex.ru 4. mail.ru 5. google.com 6. wikipedia.org 7. spaces.ru (8) 8. wapos.ru (9) 9. rambler.ru (back on the list) 10. depositfiles.com (new)

Top handsets for February 2010 1. Nokia 6300 2. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic 3. Nokia N73 4. Nokia 5310 XpressMusic 5. Sony Ericsson K790i 6. Samsung S5230 7. Nokia 6233 8. Nokia 5800d 9. Sony Ericsson W910i 10. Sony Ericsson K550i

Snapshot: Indonesia ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 518.7% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 406.3% Page views per user: 619 Data transferred per user (MB): 5 Data transferred per page view (KB): 8 Twitter continues its slow climb in Indonesia. Friendster, meanwhile, continues its gradual decline.

Top 10 sites in Indonesia (unique users) 1. facebook.com 2. yahoo.com 3. waptrick.com 4. detik.com 5. google.com 6. youtube.com 7. getjar.com 8. twitter.com (9) 9. friendster.com (8) 10. wikipedia.org

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Top handsets for February 2010 1. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic 2. Nokia 6300 3. Nokia N70 4. Nokia 2330c 5. Nokia 2700c 6. Nokia E63 7. Nokia 3120c 8. Nokia 5310 XpressMusic 9. Nokia 6600 10. Nokia 2600c

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Snapshot: India ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 246.2% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 272.3% Page views per user: 330 Data transferred per user (MB): 6 Data transferred per page view (KB): 19

Top 10 sites in India (unique users) 1. google.com 2. orkut.com 3. yahoo.com (6) 4. facebook.com (3) 5. youtube.com 6. wikipedia.org (4) 7. songs.pk 8. wap.in (10) 9. zedge.net (8) 10. getjar.com (9)

Top handsets for February 2010 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

Snapshot: China ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 174.4% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 157.0% Page views per user: 239 Data transferred per user (MB): 2 Data transferred per page view (KB): 10 After debuting on the list in January (at position 9), kaiqi.com stormed to the top position in China. After a 6-month absence, operachina.com is back on the list.

Top 10 sites in China (unique users) 1. kaiqi.com (9) 2. baidu.com (1) 3. google.cn (2) 4. kong.net (3) 5. sina.com.cn (4) 6. soso.com (8) 7. qq.com (5) 8. renren.com (7) 9. taobao.com (6) 10. operachina.com (back on the list)

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Top handsets for February 2010 1. Nokia 5000 2. Nokia 5130 3. Nokia 7100 4. Nokia 2700c 5. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic 6. Nokia 5220 7. Nokia 6300 8. Nokia 6303c 9. Nokia 7610s 10. Nokia 7310

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Snapshot: Ukraine ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 193.0% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 122.0% Page views per user: 700 Data transferred per user (MB): 13 Data transferred per page view (KB): 19

Top 10 sites in Ukraine (unique users) 1. vkontakte.ru 2. yandex.ru 3. spaces.ru 4. mail.ru (7) 5. my.opera.com 6. wikipedia.org (4) 7. wapos.ru (6) 8. depositfiles.com 9. youtube.com (10) 10. nasimke.ru (new)

Top handsets for February 2010 1. Nokia 6300 2. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic 3. Nokia 6233 4. Nokia N73 5. Nokia 5310 XpressMusic 6. Sony Ericsson K800i 7. Sony Ericsson K550i 8. Sony Ericsson K750i 9. Nokia 3110c 10. Nokia 6700c

Snapshot: South Africa ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 199.4% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 148.7% Page views per user: 318 Data transferred per user (MB): 4 Data transferred per page view (KB): 11 After a 2-month absence, peperonity.com is back on the list.

Top 10 sites in South Africa (unique users) 1. facebook.com 2. google.com 3. mxit.com 4. wikipedia.org 5. my.opera.com 6. zamob.com (7) 7. yahoo.com (6) 8. getjar.com 9. peperonity.com (back on the list) 10. twitter.com (9)

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Top handsets for February 2010 1. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic 2. Samsung SGH-E250 3. LG KS360 4. Nokia 2700c 5. Nokia 5000d 6. Samsung GT-S5233A 7. Samsung SGH-D900i 8. Samsung SGH-M620 9. Nokia 7100s 10. Nokia 6300

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Snapshot: Nigeria ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 1,082.5% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 638.6% Page views per user: 393 Data transferred per user (MB): 5 Data transferred per page view (KB): 14 The Grid, a mobile social-networking site, is new to the list in Nigeria.

Top 10 sites in the Nigeria (unique users) 1. facebook.com 2. yahoo.com (3) 3. google.com (2) 4. bbc.co.uk 5. wikipedia.org 6. cnnmobile.com 7. sharemobile.ro 8. onthegrid.com (new) 9. goal.com (8) 10. mjoy.com

Top handsets for February 2010 1. Nokia 3110c 2. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic 3. Nokia 2700c 4. Nokia 2600c 5. Nokia N70 6. Nokia N72 7. Nokia 6300 8. Nokia 2330c 9. Sony Ericsson K750i 10. Nokia 2630

Snapshot: United States ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 154.9% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 103.4% Page views per user: 278 Data transferred per user (MB): 6 Data transferred per page view (KB): 22 AccuWeather.com is back on the list after a 1-month absence.

Top 10 sites in United States (unique users) 1. google.com 2. facebook.com 3. yahoo.com 4. wikipedia.org 5. myspace.com 6. youtube.com 7. my.opera.com 8. cnnmobile.com (new) 9. espn.go.com 10. accuweather.com (back on the list)

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Top handsets for February 2010 1. BlackBerry 8330 (“Curve”) 2. LG LX600 (“Lotus”) 3. Samsung SPH M810 (“Instinct s30”) 4. Samsung SPH M800 (“Instinct”) 5. LG CU920 (“Vu”) 6. BlackBerry 9000 (“Bold”) 7. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic 8. BlackBerry 8900 (“Curve”) 9. BlackBerry 9530 (“Storm 2”) 10. BlackBerry 9630 (“Tour”)

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Snapshot: Vietnam ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 899.1% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 771.0% Page views per user: 172 Data transferred per user (MB): 5 Data transferred per page view (KB): 28

Top 10 sites in Vietnam (unique users) 1. google.com 2. dantri.com.vn 3. my.opera.com (4) 4. vnexpress.net (3) 5. vietbao.vn (6) 6. yahoo.com (10) 7. youtube.com (new) 8. vietnamnet.vn 9. zing.vn (7) 10. wikipedia.org (9)

Top handsets for February 2010 1. Nokia 6300 2. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic 3. Nokia 2700c 4. Nokia 3110c 5. Nokia 2730c 6. Nokia 6500s 7. Nokia N70 8. Nokia 5610d 9. Nokia 5310 XpressMusic 10. Nokia 7100s

Snapshot: United Kingdom ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 54.6% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 44.9% Page views per user: 265 Data transferred per user (MB): 5 Data transferred per page view (KB): 20 After a 5-month absence, eBay is back on the top 10 list in the United Kingdom.

Top 10 sites in the United Kingdom (unique users) 1. facebook.com 2. google.com 3. bbc.co.uk 4. yahoo.com 5. wikipedia.org 6. live.com 7. youtube.com 8. my.opera.com 9. pocketgear.com 10. ebay.co.uk (back on the list)

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Top handsets for February 2010 1. LG KC910 (“Renoir”) 2. Sony Ericsson W395 3. Nokia 6300 4. Nokia 2330c 5. Sony Ericsson S312 6. LG KE970 (“Shine”) 7. Nokia 6700c 8. Nokia 6700c 9. Nokia 5800d 10. Nokia E71

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Part 3: Spotlight on North America and the Caribbean Highlights ■ The top 11 countries using Opera Mini in this region are the United States, Mexico, Canada, Costa Rica, Honduras, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama and Puerto Rico. ■ Some numbers: From February 2009 to February 2010, page views in the top 11 countries of North America and the Caribbean increased by 153%, unique users increased by 109% and data transferred increased by 84%. ■ Since our last spotlight on North America and the Caribbean, Honduras jumped from #7 to #5, Guadeloupe moved from #9 to #8, and several new countries made it onto the list (Trinidad & Tobago, Panama, and Puerto Rico). ■ Growth rates in North America and the Caribbean: Guadeloupe and Panama lead the top 11 countries of the region in terms of page-view growth (2,555.3% and 897.5%, respectively). Guadeloupe and Dominican Republic lead the top 11 countries of the region in growth of unique users (5,725.3% and 384.2%, respectively). Costa Rica leads the top 11 countries of the region in page views per user, with each user browsing 359 pages on average each month. ■ In North America and the Caribbean, among mobile Web users, Google is at the top of the rankings in 10 out of the top 11 countries. In Puerto Rico, Google is number 2 (behind Facebook). ■ In North America and the Caribbean, Facebook is also very popular, taking the #1 spot in Puerto Rico, the #2 spot in six of the top 11 countries and the #3 spot in two of the top 11 countries. ■ Opera Mini users in North America and the Caribbean use several different handset brands, including BlackBerry, LG, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson. In the United States and Canada, BlackBerry handsets occupy the number 1 spot. In five out of the 11 countries, Sony Ericsson handsets are number 1. In four out of the 11 countries, Nokia handsets take the number 1 spot.

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Snapshot: United States ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 154.9% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 103.4% Page views per user: 278 Data transferred per user (MB): 6 Data transferred per page view (KB): 22

Top 10 sites in United States (unique users) 1. google.com 2. facebook.com 3. yahoo.com 4. wikipedia.org 5. myspace.com 6. youtube.com 7. my.opera.com 8. cnnmobile.com 9. espn.go.com 10. accuweather.com

Top handsets for February 2010 1. BlackBerry 8330 (“Curve”) 2. LG LX600 (“Lotus”) 3. Samsung SPH M810 (“Instinct s30”) 4. Samsung SPH M800 (“Instinct”) 5. LG CU920 (“Vu”) 6. BlackBerry 9000 (“Bold”) 7. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic 8. BlackBerry 8900 (“Curve”) 9. BlackBerry 9530 (“Storm 2”) 10. BlackBerry 9630 (“Tour”)

Snapshot: Mexico ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 157.1% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 134.3% Page views per user: 119 Data transferred per user (MB): 3 Data transferred per page view (KB): 23

Top 10 sites in Mexico (unique users) 1. google.com 2. youtube.com 3. live.com 4. facebook.com 5. hotmail.com 6. metroflog.com 7. wikipedia.org 8. my.opera.com 9. hi5.com 10. mercadolibre.com.mx

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Top handsets for February 2010 1. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic 2. Nokia 5610 3. Sony Ericsson W800 4. Nokia 5310 XpressMusic 5. Nokia 5530c 6. Nokia 5220 XpressMusic 7. Nokia 6300 8. Sony Ericsson W205a 9. Nokia 5530 XpressMusic 10. Sony Ericsson W580i

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Snapshot: Canada ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 149.7% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 87.8% Page views per user: 208 Data transferred per user (MB): 4 Data transferred per page view (KB): 22

Top 10 sites in Canada (unique users) 1. google.com 2. facebook.com 3. wikipedia.org 4. my.opera.com 5. yahoo.com 6. youtube.com 7. cnn.com 8. bbc.co.uk 9. live.com 10. vancouver2010.com

Top handsets for February 2010 1. BlackBerry 8330 (“Curve”) 2. BlackBerry 9700 (“Bold”) 3. Nokia 3110c 4. BlackBerry 9000 (“Bold”) 5. BlackBerry 9530 (“Storm 2”) 6. Samsung SPH M800 (“Instinct”) 7. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic 8. BlackBerry 9630 (“Tour”) 9. BlackBerry 8130 (“Pearl”) 10. LG 600

Snapshot: Costa Rica ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 95.0% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 67.8% Page views per user: 359 Data transferred per user (MB): 10 Data transferred per page view (KB): 29

Top 10 sites in Costa Rica (unique users) 1. google.com 2. hi5.com 3. facebook.com 4. live.com 5. hotmail.com 6. youtube.com 7. my.opera.com 8. wikipedia.org 9. nacion.com 10. waptrick.com

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Top handsets for February 2010 1. Sony Ericsson W810i 2. Nokia 5800d 3. Sony Ericsson K550i 4. Sony Ericsson W610i 5. Sony Ericsson W200a 6. Sony Ericsson C510a 7. Sony Ericsson W800 8. Sony Ericsson W580i 9. Sony Ericsson W880i 10. Sony Ericsson K850i

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Snapshot: Honduras ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 342.1% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 330.4% Page views per user: 172 Data transferred per user (MB): 4 Data transferred per page view (KB): 22

Top 10 sites in Honduras (unique users) 1. google.com 2. hi5.com 3. facebook.com 4. live.com 5. tigo.com.gt 6. youtube.com 7. hotmail.com 8. my.opera.com 9. prensalibre.com 10. marca.com

Top handsets for February 2010 1. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic 2. Sony Ericsson W580i 3. Samsung GT-M2310 4. Sony Ericsson W810i 5. LG GT360 6. Sony Ericsson W300i 7. Samsung SGH-E2151 8. Samsung GT-S5230 9. Nokia 1680c 10. Nokia E71

Snapshot: Jamaica ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 62.1% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 116.9% Page views per user: 256 Data transferred per user (MB): 3 Data transferred per page view (KB): 11

Top 10 sites in Jamaica (unique users) 1. google.com 2. facebook.com 3. yahoo.com 4. live.com 5. hi5.com 6. youtube.com 7. waptrick.com 8. wikipedia.org 9. tagged.com 10. my.opera.com

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Top handsets for February 2010 1. Nokia 2330c 2. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic 3. Nokia 6300 4. Nokia 1680c 5. Sony Ericsson W800 6. Nokia 5000d 7. Sony Ericsson W810i 8. Samsung SGH-E250 9. Nokia 5310 XpressMusic 10. Motorola SLVR L7

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Snapshot: Dominican Republic ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 365.4% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 384.2% Page views per user: 192 Data transferred per user (MB): 3 Data transferred per page view (KB): 15

Top 10 sites in Dominican Republic (unique users) 1. google.com 2. facebook.com 3. live.com 4. youtube.com 5. hi5.com 6. my.opera.com 7. hotmail.com 8. wikipedia.org 9. msn.com 10. wikipedia.org

Top handsets for February 2010 1. Nokia 3120c 2. Nokia 5310 XpressMusic 3. Sony Ericsson W800 4. Sony Ericsson W200a 5. Sony Ericsson W205a 6. Sony Ericsson W580i 7. Nokia 5220 XpressMusic 8. Sony Ericsson W200i 9. Sony Ericsson W595 10. BlackBerry 8330 (“Curve”)

Snapshot: Guadeloupe ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 2,555.3% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 5,725.3% Page views per user: 42 Data transferred per user (MB): 1 Data transferred per page view (KB): 23

Top 10 sites in Guadeloupe (unique users) 1. google.com 2. orkut.com 3. live.com 4. youtube.com 5. facebook.com 6. globo.com 7. 4shared.com 8. ebuddy.com 9. wikipedia.org 10. my.opera.com

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Top handsets for February 2010 1. Sony Ericsson W810i 2. Nokia 2330c 3. Nokia 5000d 4. Sony Ericsson W200i 5. Samsung GT-S5600 6. Nokia 5310 XpressMusic 7. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic 8. Sony Ericsson C702 9. Sony Ericsson W595s 10. Sony Ericsson S312

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Snapshot: Trinidad & Tobago ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 13.8% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 24.5% Page views per user: 267 Data transferred per user (MB): 6 Data transferred per page view (KB): 22

Top 10 sites in Trinidad & Tobago (unique users) 1. google.com 2. facebook.com 3. live.com 4. youtube.com 5. yahoo.com 6. my.opera.com 7. wikipedia.org 8. hotmail.com 9. ebuddy.com 10. bbc.co.uk

Top handsets for February 2010 1. Sony Ericsson W800 2. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic 3. Nokia 2330c 4. BlackBerry 8520 (“Curve”) 5. Nokia 2700c 6. Nokia 2680s 7. Samsung GT-S5230 8. Sony Ericsson W810i 9. Nokia 5800d 10. Nokia 5310 XpressMusic

Snapshot: Panama ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 897.5% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 328.3% Page views per user: 316 Data transferred per user (MB): 5 Data transferred per page view (KB): 17

Top 10 sites in Panama (unique users) 1. google.com 2. facebook.com 3. live.com 4. youtube.com 5. hotmail.com 6. my.opera.com 7. wikipedia.org 8. ebuddy.com 9. yahoo.com 10. waptrick.com

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Top handsets for February 2010 1. Sony Ericsson W800 2. Nokia 2680s (“classic”) 3. Nokia 5130 XpressMusic 4. Nokia 5310 XpressMusic 5. Nokia 3500c 6. Sony Ericsson W580i 7. Sony Ericsson W300i 8. Nokia 5800d 9. Nokia 5000d 10. Sony Ericsson W580i

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Snapshot: Puerto Rico ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Page-view growth since February 2009: 278.2% Unique-user growth since February 2009: 138.4% Page views per user: 99 Data transferred per user (MB): 2 Data transferred per page view (KB): 22

Top 10 sites in Puerto Rico (unique users) 1. facebook.com 2. google.com 3. myspace.com 4. yahoo.com 5. youtube.com 6. elnuevodia.com 7. my.opera.com 8. live.com 9. wikipedia.org 10. ebay.com

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Top handsets for February 2010 1. Sony Ericsson W800 2. BlackBerry 9000 (“Bold”) 3. Samsung SGH-i637 (“Jack”) 4. Nokia 5800d 5. Motorola A455 (“Rival”) 6. BlackBerry 8320 (“Curve”) 7. BlackBerry 9700 (“Bold”) 8. BlackBerry 8520 (“Curve”) 9. Nokia 3120c 10. Samsung GT-S5230

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Part 4: Opera Turbo on Opera Mobile Note on methodology: All growth percentages in Part 4 are calculated using normalized figures that account for the varying number of days in each month. Since November 2009, Opera Turbo has been widely available to users of Opera Mobile. Opera Turbo is a technology for compressing Web pages, similar to what has always been available to users of Opera Mini and has subsequently been available to users of Opera for desktop. In February 2010: ■ There were over 645,000 unique users of Opera Turbo on Opera Mobile, an 11% increase since January 2010. ■ Over 73 million pages were viewed using Opera Turbo on Opera Mobile, an 18% increase since January 2010. ■ Over 4.1 terabytes of data (post-compression) were served to users of Opera Turbo on Opera Mobile, a 25% increase since January 2010. ■ The average compression ratio for Opera Turbo was 59%, meaning that approximately 10 terabytes of uncompressed data were processed by Opera’s servers. ■ An average of 114 pages (per month) were viewed by users of Opera Turbo on Opera Mobile. ■ The average page size (post-compression) viewed by users of Opera Turbo on Opera Mobile was 60 kilobytes.

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Part 5: Operator Revenue In previous reports, we demonstrated how much money people can save by using Opera Mini. That said, operators benefit from Opera Mini as well. By providing Opera Mini users with a full internet experience that is both speedy and less bandwidth intensive (for users and operators alike), people are encouraged to browse more on their handsets, especially in places where unlimited-use data plans are uncommon or too expensive, high speed networks are unavailable, and a large number of people are using feature phones. When people browse more, it is a win-win situation as operators receive more revenue, users have more incentive to upgrade their data plans, and people get the Web pages they want in an efficient and affordable manner. In February 2010, people browsing with Opera Mini in the top 10 countries (according to unique users) spent approximately 103.8 million dollars, based on their usage and the average cost of browsing in each country. That figure translates to approximately 1.2 billion dollars per year. Using $1 per megabyte as a global average, Opera Mini users generate nearly $4 billion for operators worldwide each year. From a per user perspective, Opera Mini users spent approximately $4 on average in the month of February, which comes out to $48 per year. The heaviest spending occurs in the United States and the United Kingdom, whereas the least spending occurs in India and South Africa (mostly due to data costs, as opposed to the amount of data transferred). Country

Data/user (MB)

Data cost (USD/MB)

Local cost

Expenditure/user

Revenue/user/year

Russia

8

0.22

6.50 RUB

1.79

21.48

Indonesia

5

0.43

4096 IDR

2.20

26.40

India

6

0.12

5.70 INR

0.73

8.76

China

2

1.5

10.24 CNY

3.48

41.76

13

0.17

1.40 UAH

2.25

27.00

South Africa

4

0.27

2 ZAR

0.96

11.52

Nigeria

5

1.02

154.78 NGN

5.38

64.56

United States

6

2

2 USD

12.20

146.40

Vietnam

5

0.61

10978 VND

2.84

34.08

United Kingdom

5

1.68

1.02 GBP

8.50

102.00

Ukraine

Note: These estimates do not take into account pricing for users who have unlimited-use data plans.

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