VimpelCom Ltd., a leading global provider of telecommunications services, will soon offer its subscribers around the world the most user-friendly, simple and efficient way of mobile surfing with Opera Web Pass, thereby strengthening VimpelCom’s existing partnership with Opera Software.
Opera Web Pass allows users to browse the mobile internet in a way that is tailored to their needs. With Opera Web Pass, mobile customers can easily buy time-based or content-based mobile data packages through a simple, one-click purchase, similar to how users buy apps today.
Opera and VimpelCom aim to make Opera Web Pass available across VimpelCom’s operator brands in 18 countries. By bringing this service to over 212 million subscribers, Opera Software and VimpelCom are taking another step in extending their cooperation.
“If our customers don’t have a data plan and want to experience the mobile internet while being in control of their costs, they will be able to choose browsing the full web for 1 hour, 1 day or they may just want to browse on Facebook for an hour on their mobile device,” says Mikhail Gerchuk, VimpelCom Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer. “Thanks to the Opera Web Pass innovation we will offer the most flexible, easy-to-understand and affordable mobile web-surfing options to our mobile customers.”
“If you think about the mobile web, it’s not megabytes you are looking for, but, rather, interesting content and enjoying your time online,” says Lars Boilesen, CEO, Opera Software. “Opera Web Pass brings the mobile web much closer to your needs, making it simpler and more accessible.”
For more information, visit opera.com/webpass/. Meet Opera and see the Opera Web Pass in action at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona 2013, Hall 5, booth C90.
About VimpelCom
VimpelCom is one of the world’s largest integrated telecommunications services operators providing voice and data services through a range of traditional and broadband mobile and fixed technologies. VimpelCom’s operations around the globe cover territory with a total population of approximately 782 million people. For more information visit: vimpelcom.com
About Opera Software ASA
The worldwide World Wide Web — any device, any platform, any bandwidth, absolutely anywhere in the world. Opera Software was founded in 1994, based on the idea that access to the web should be a universal right. 300 million people (and counting) use the Opera web browsers for computers, mobile phones, TVs and other connected devices. Learn more about Opera at www.opera.com.
