Micromax phones will have Opera Mini pre-installed as a third-party browser

Sep 19, 2013 23:01 GMT  ·  By

Shortly after announcing its partnership with BlackBerry, which will put the upcoming BBM for Android inside all Canvas series smartphones beginning early October, Micromax revealed that it had teamed up with Opera Software to bring the popular Mini browser to more Indian users.

Under agreement, Micromax, one of the major handset manufacturers in India, will pre-install Opera Mini as a third-party mobile browser on its upcoming Android devices.

This is not the first time Micromax pre-loads Opera Mini on its Android smartphones, as the company has already delivered some Canvas series handsets that had the mobile browser installed out of the box, including Canvas 4, Canvas Doodle 2 and Canvas Fun.

“We understand the pulse of our consumers and hence constantly invest in strengthening our product and services portfolio. With an increasing amount of web browsing coming from mobile devices, Opera Mini was a perfect fit to delight our customers with a superior browsing experience on our devices,” said Manoj Gupta, head, VAS, India & SAARC, Micromax Mobiles.

Opera Mini is one of the fastest mobile browsers available on Android platform. It greatly reduces data costs by up to 90% thanks to Opera’s innovative compression technology, which makes it the perfect browser in emerging markets.

According to Opera, Android is the second largest platform used by Opera Mini customers in India, and of all the Indian OEMs that release smartphones in the country, Micromax devices are the most popular with 13% of users taking advantage of Opera Mini’s features.

“We are extremely glad to announce this strategic partnership with Micromax. This association will help us extend the benefits of Opera Mini to millions of users across the country,” concluded Sunil Kamath, vice president for South Asia, Opera Software.

You can now download Opera Mini for Android for free via Softpedia. Keep in mind that the browser is fully compatible with all devices powered by Android 1.5 and up.