to pre-install Opera Mini, the fast and easy-to-use mobile Web browser on Meridian Mobile’s new Fly E310 handset. With Opera Mini, Fly E310 mobile phone owners can browse all their favorite Web sites, including news, e-mail and social networks right on their handset.

The Fly E310 handset is available in the United Kingdom, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), with a pre-installed Opera Mini browser available in all the local languages.

“We are pleased to further our partnership with Meridian Group and bring the best mobile Web experience closer to our customers in the UK, Russia and the CIS,” says Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software. “We have witnessed a significant growth in mobile Web browsing in those countries and work hard on making it even easier for people to get online.”

“We aim to provide our customers the best services available,” says Andrew Collinge, Member of the Board of Directors, Meridian Group. “When it comes to offering our customers a fast, secure and cost-efficient Internet service on a mobile phone, the popular Opera Mini browser offers the user an outstanding experience. Accessing the Web could not be easier, as Opera Mini brings the Web to our customers in local languages.”

Opera Software and Meridian Group have partnered since April 2007, delivering Opera Mini on mostly all the 'Fly' branded handsets.

About Meridian Group

Meridian Group, a part of the European-based Meridian Group, which pioneered the FMCG distribution in many parts of Europe, launched ‘Fly’ about four years ago in East and Central Europe and has since emerged as a strong player in that market.

Information Source:    Opera Software