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  Company Type Public
  Foundation 1995
  Location Oslo <br/>
  Key People Jon Stephenson Von Tetzchner (founder and CEO) <br/> Geir Ivarsøy (co-founder)
  Industry Software
  Products Web Browser
  Revenue NOK 1539 million (2005)
  Operating Income NOK 09 million (2005)
  Net Income NOK 46 million (2005)
  Num Employees 388 (July 18, 2007)
  Homepage wwwoperacom


Opera Software () is a Norwegian corporation, primarily known for its Opera suite of Internet applications. Opera Software is also involved in promoting Web standards through participation in the W3C . The company has its Headquarter s in Oslo , Norway and is listed on Oslo Stock Exchange . The company also has offices in Sweden , China , Japan , Poland , and the USA .


HISTORY

Initially started as a research project within the Norwegian was released in 1997 .

Opera Software had an IPO in February 2004 , and was listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange March 11 2004 .

The introduction in August 2005 of ", 2006

On " product which runs on many Mobile devices. Buy Opera


LEGAL

On May 18 , 2004 , Opera Software settled a lawsuit:

Opera Software ASA has settled legal claims with an international corporation resulting in payment to Opera of net USD 12.75 million. The other party is not a customer of Opera and the settlement does not negatively impact future revenues. The entire amount will be booked in Q2.


Details are confidential pursuant to the settlement agreement.


It is widely theorized that the 'international corporation' named above is , 2006 .


OPERA MINI 4

Opera announced the latest version of its Web browser for mobile devices: Opera Mini 4.http://efytimes.com/efytimes/fcreative.asp?edid=19816 Opera Mini 4 is in beta stage and features a 'virtual mouse' that makes the browsing much easier on mobile devices. The browser also enables full page view unlike other browsers. The Opera browser for mobile devices is available for free download.


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