Going for WAP 2.0:
Opera only full-featured browser that supports WAP

OSLO, Norway - Sept. 5, 2001 - Opera Software today annouced that future
versions of its browser will support the new and improved Wireless
Application Protocol (WAP) 2.0 standard in future releases. With the
integration of WAP 2.0, Opera can offer mobile Internet Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEM's) an all-in-one solution for their devices, as well as
providing desktop users with unique continued access for their favorite WAP
sites.
 
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is an open specification that gives
mobile users with wireless devices access to information and services. WAP
2.0 is a radical new approach that gives users a richer, advanced mobile
Internet experience by integrating the latest standards and content
technologies into the mobile environment. Unlike WAP 1.1, which failed to
create a new language for mobile users, WAP 2.0 is a profile of existing Web
specifications. Today, Opera is the only desktop browser in the market that
lets users view Wireless Markup Language (WML) content, the markup language
for WAP.

"WAP 2.0 is moving much closer to the Web than previous versions," says Hakon
W. Lie, CTO of Opera Software. "By introducing XHTML and Cascading Style
Sheets (CSS) into WAP, wireless users will have access to rich Web-based
content, which Opera has long experience handling. The Opera Web browser has
been thoroughly tested on the Web since 1994."

Opera Software is the mobile Internet's market leader in providing a desktop
equivalent  Internet experience on handheld mobile devices, through its
partnership with the leading mobile phone OEM's own software solutions
company, Symbian. Opera is available on the Windows, Mac, QNX, Linux,
Solaris, EPOC, BeOS and OS/2 platforms.

WAP 2.0 builds upon the established Internet standards such as XHTML, TCP/IP,
Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP/1.1 and Transport Layer Security (TLS).
Opera is committed to the standards laid out by the W3C, and as such, the
Opera browser already supports 128-bit encryption, TLS 1.0, SSL 2 and 3, CSS1
and CSS2, XML, HTML 4.01, HTTP 1.1, ECMAScript, JavaScript 1.3. 

The W@P Certified, W@P and the WAP Forum marks are worldwide trademarks or
registered trademarks of Wireless Application Protocol Forum Ltd.

About Opera Software
Opera Software ASA is an industry leader in the development of Web browsers
for  the desktop and device markets. The Opera browser has received
international  recognition from end-users and the industry press for being
faster, smaller and more  standards-compliant than other browsers. Opera
Software ASA is a privately held company headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Learn
more about Opera at www.opera.com.

Contacts:
Opera Software ASA
Katherine Barrios
PR Manager, Americas & Pacific
Telephone: +47 24 16 44 03
uspress@opera.com

Live Leer
PR Manager Europe, Asia & Africa
Telephone: +47 40 40 14 77
press@opera.com