Opera Software on Thursday announced seven new partnerships in India with Micromax, Videocon, Spice, MoMagic Technologies, Wynncom, Lemon Mobiles and iBall, wherein these OEMs will preinstall Opera Mini as an exclusive, third-party mobile browser across their upcoming Android devices.

Opera has also strengthened its position in the South Asia region by signing two more similar OEM partnerships with market leaders Symphony Mobile in Bangladesh and Colors Mobile in Nepal.

Opera Software Vice-President for South Asia Sunil Kamath said, “India is home to the largest number of Opera Mini users in the world. Partnering with local OEMs in India and neighboring countries is part of our growth strategy to take Opera Mini’s user numbers in the region from strength to strength.”