State Of The Mobile World – An Opera View

The latest report from Opera takes a look at the world of mobile webs as it has evolved in the year 2008, and discovers that a lot has changed in the year that is now coming to a close.

According to the report, the Oslo, Norway-based Company’s web browser for the mobile handset – the Opera Mini – has the largest number of users amongst BlackBerry Bold’s customers.

The company’s statistics also reveal that over 5.7 billion web pages were viewed by Opera Mini users on their mobile phones in the month of November 2008 alone. This figure is up by 303% in comparison to November 2007. In the US alone, the number of pages viewed using the Opera Mini jumped 200% since January 2008.

An interesting observation of the statistics is that even in countries with a relatively higher broadband landline penetration and lower web-enabled mobile phone usage, there is a discernible trend towards using the mobile web. The report predicts that the next one billion people will use the Web for the first time on their mobile phones, and only later on their landline connected PC desktop. This prediction has important significance for all players of the web mobile phone domain.

The full report from Opera may be viewed here.