Opera Mini Web Browser Adds AccuWeather.com Mobile Web Link

The Critically-Acclaimed Mobile Web Browser Allows Users to Connect Directly to the Top Ten Mobile Web Site

STATE COLLEGE, PA, March 18, 2008 - AccuWeather.com today announced that they have partnered with Opera Software to offer a direct link from the Opera Mini start page to AccuWeather.com's top ten mobile web site.

The two are an ideal match for U.S. and international users that want more from their weather and their mobile web browsing experiences. Opera Mini is available completely free from http://www.operamini.com and downloads over the air to your mobile phone.

"We're very pleased to offer our weather directly to Opera Mini users from their start page," said Jim Candor, Senior Vice President of New Media for AccuWeather, Inc. "We have had great success with the Opera traditional web audience through our popular web site and through an AccuWeather.com widget that has had over 400,000 downloads. Now we can extend the same outstanding AccuWeather.com weather to Opera Mini users wherever they go from their cell phones."

The Opera Mini browser works on almost every mobile phone today – even ordinary feature phones - while providing a web experience similar to ordinary PC browsing. Opera Mini has more than 35 million cumulative users and is available on phones by Sony Ericsson, Nokia, and Samsung.

"We believe in providing the best Internet experience, regardless of the device one uses to access the Web," said Tatsuki Tomita, SVP Consumer Products, Opera. "Offering fast and convenient access to pertinent information is part of that experience and is even more critical on a mobile device. Partnering with AccuWeather.com provides timely and useful weather information to our users wherever they are."

The Opera Mini home page offers a link directly to AccuWeather.com, recently rated a top-ten mobile web site by M: Metrics and easily one of the most popular sources for weather information on the mobile web. The AccuWeather.com mobile web site offers free, ad-supported content such as radar and satellite images and local 10-day forecasts and current conditions for every location on Earth -- a perfect fit for Opera's large international audience.

Visit Operamini.com with your phone's regular Web browser to download Opera Mini quickly to your phone. Opera Mini is completely free to download and use. Users need only pay their carrier's data charge.

The AccuWeather.com mobile web site is accessible through all types of mobile phones and browsers. To learn more, enter www.AccuWeather.com into your cell phone browser.

About AccuWeather, Inc. and AccuWeather.com AccuWeather

The World's Weather Authority™ presents accurate, localized, branded forecasts and severe weather bulletins to over 110 million Americans each day via the Internet, mobile devices and IPTV, through the airwaves, in print and on digital signage. The 113 meteorologists at AccuWeather deliver a portfolio of customized products and services to media, business, government, and institutions, and inform millions of visitors worldwide through the free AccuWeather.com website. AccuWeather also provides content onto more than 20,000 third-party Internet sites, including CNN Interactive, ABC-owned and operated stations, The Washington Post and The New York Times. Visit www.accuweather.com for more information.

About Opera Software ASA

Opera Software ASA has redefined Web browsing for PCs, mobile phones and other networked devices. Opera's cross-platform Web browser technology is renowned for its performance, standards compliance and small size, while giving users a faster, safer and more dynamic online experience. Opera Software is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices around the world. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol OPERA. Learn more about Opera at http://www.opera.com.

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