The Norwegian browser Opera Software seems to be riding the wave lately. On Tuesday it has launched a new browser, Opera 8 for Windows Mobile, and now it has struck a three-year deal with mobile technology manufacturer Motorola.

The contract is actually an expansion of an existing deal between Opera and the American mobile giant and entails the Norwegian web browser being available on all operating systems used on Motorola phones.

"That major players like Motorola and T-Mobile choose Opera really says two things. One is that mobile Internet is becoming common and being taken seriously and there Opera is well positioned. The other is that this is a confirmation of the quality of our products," Sivertsen said in an interview for Aftenposten.no.

The Motorola announcement follows Opera's release yesterday of the latest version of its Opera Web browser, Opera 8, for Windows Mobile. Opera Software CEO Jon S. von Tetzchner said the company had not originally planned to make Opera available on the Windows Mobile platform, "but users kept asking for it because they were disappointed with the far from satisfactory performance of the browser that came shipped with their devices."