It’s not just the desktop version, either. ”One of the main reasons why Opera has a large market share in Belarus is because of the Internet infrastructure in the country it was pretty bad a few years ago,” Espen André Øverdahl, one of Opera’s community managers wrote in an email, pointing to features that allow users to strip out images and other bandwidth-gobbling web extras.
remains a largely socialist state with the infrastructure to match, including a state-run communications monopoly, Beltelcom. In fact, according to StatCounter, it is the only country in the world where Opera is the most popular desktop browser. Meanwhile, Quartz looks at Belarus, where Opera is not just successful on cellphones, but on desktops too. Apple's iTunes music store is not yet available in Russia. The monthly subscription for it costs $6,99, and it has managed to overcome iOS restrictions, allowing users to download music. The Opera’s most obvious rival there would be the Music app from Yandex, available on iOS devices. The Russian market for music services like the Opera’s one is fairly small.
Opera Mini, available for Android, iOS, Symbian, and featurephones, holds an impressive 52.5% share among mobile browsers in the country. Russia is the first market for Opera Software’s music service, but if the demand is sufficient, other countries will follow, said Zinovyev.
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