Opera Mini browser increasing market share in Russia and CIS
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28 mar 2009 - Opera Mini browser increasing market share in Russia and CIS
The number of mobile users favouring Opera Mini in Russia and other Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries continues to increase month on month as described in the Opera monthly report for February 2009. The top 10 countries using Opera Mini in the CIS are: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan.
According to Jon S. von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software, "Several years ago, we began to notice a large percentage of our desktop users were, in fact, from Russia and the other CIS countries. Today, Opera on the desktop holds more than a 35% market share in Russia and also enjoys high penetration throughout the CIS countries. So, perhaps on one level, it is not surprising to assume Opera Mini would have similar success."
He continued, "There are more Opera Mini users combined here than in any other region on the planet. These users also tend to use popular and local services such as Yandex for search, VKontakte for social networking and Mail.ru as both e-mail and content portal."
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