Opera mobile browser set to reach 100 mn users in India

Norway's Opera Software is now on track to hit 100-million Indian users for its mobile internet browser after it made it past the 50-million mark last month, chief executive Lars Boilesen told Reuters yesterday.

Smartphones are fast becoming the product of choice in the rapidly growing Indian market, though Boilesen chose not to dateline for the the browser downloads to double.

"We intend to get 100 million users there as quickly as possible. That's our focus now," he said in a telephone interview.

"It's an incredibly important market for us. I really don't think that people understand how big we are over there ... We are the third most downloaded app in India and we are larger than global giants like Gmail."