Counting opera money

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    The most popular at all opera events is the question of how Opera Software makes money on its free browsers. Today there is a reason to talk about it. However, no secrets will have to be revealed - Opera Software is a public company and constantly publishes its financial reports on the official website . So today the next financial report of the company is published - for the 4th quarter of last year, including data for the year. Let's see what the Norwegian company boasts of during the financial crisis.

    In short, the overall result is as follows:
    Operating profit for the 4th quarter of 2008 - NOK 157 million (about EUR 17.8 million), Q4 2007 - NOK 93 million (EUR 10.53 million). In percentage terms, it looks like a 69% increase in profits.
    Net profit for the 4th quarter of 2008 - NOK 30.9 million (EUR 3.5 million), Q4 2007 - NOK 9.4 million (EUR 1.06 million). In percentage terms, profit growth amounted to almost 330%.
    Operating profit for 2008 - 497.1 million NOK (56.31 million EUR), 2007 - 315.5 million NOK (35.74 million EUR). There is a 58% increase in net profit for the year.

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    You can also see from the table that the profit from the desktop version of the browser increased significantly faster than from mobile devices, which is quite interesting: a year or two ago there was persistent talk that Opera Software might give up work on the desktop due to the success of mobile versions option. As you can see, Opera Desktop is not only not going to die, but also demonstrates an enviable rate of profit growth. In general, the company deceived analysts' forecasts and continues to move further away from the days when the profit was minus.

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    What else can be found in the Opera Software financial statement? The most delicious are development plans. Well, the fact that the company wants to earn even more money is a no brainer. But how she will do it is curious. From the following text, it becomes clear that it is planned:

    - to continue developing partnerships with leading "iron" players in the mobile market
    - to promote widgets on the mobile market
    - to hire leading specialists, from managers to programmers
    - to continue to actively promote the desktop and Opera Mini at the top ten regions
    - develop Opera Link technology and create new ones on its basis
    - monetize the expanded Opera Mini user base
    - expand the partner network to promote Opera Mini

    , as well as continue to follow standards and develop current and new products, work more flexibly with partners, etc. etc.

    I’ll say right away about monetization so that there are no additional questions: Opera Mini will not be paid. ;) The

    full report can be found in the same place

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