Economic Reporter :
Web browser Opera Mini has saved 10,829 terabyte (TB) of data, in money term Taka 3.3 billion, for mobile users in Bangladesh in 2015.
The data save has been possible because of the browser’s unique compression technology, according to a report “State of the Mobile Web” conducted by Opera.
A press release said Opera Mini shrinks data to as little as 10 per cent of its original size and is the most popular web browser for Bangladeshis to access the internet from mobile devices.
The report showed popular social networking site Facebook leads mobile-web usage. Eight out of every ten web pages viewed by Opera Mini users from their mobile phones are from Facebook. The site also contributes to 65 per cent of all data that is used by Opera Mini users in Bangladesh.
Social networking’s popularity is followed by searching with Google and checking out cricket updates from Cricbuzz.
Besides, smartphone users exceed basic phone users. More than half of Opera Mini users in Bangladesh use smartphones. The breakup of mobile OS’s is as follows: 53 per ecnt Android, 45 per cent Java and MRE, 2 per cent iOS and Windows Phone.
Web browser Opera Mini has saved 10,829 terabyte (TB) of data, in money term Taka 3.3 billion, for mobile users in Bangladesh in 2015.
The data save has been possible because of the browser’s unique compression technology, according to a report “State of the Mobile Web” conducted by Opera.
A press release said Opera Mini shrinks data to as little as 10 per cent of its original size and is the most popular web browser for Bangladeshis to access the internet from mobile devices.
The report showed popular social networking site Facebook leads mobile-web usage. Eight out of every ten web pages viewed by Opera Mini users from their mobile phones are from Facebook. The site also contributes to 65 per cent of all data that is used by Opera Mini users in Bangladesh.
Social networking’s popularity is followed by searching with Google and checking out cricket updates from Cricbuzz.
Besides, smartphone users exceed basic phone users. More than half of Opera Mini users in Bangladesh use smartphones. The breakup of mobile OS’s is as follows: 53 per ecnt Android, 45 per cent Java and MRE, 2 per cent iOS and Windows Phone.
