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Update on Mobile App Stores
Update on Mobile App Stores.
About this update from Bango Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 2731N Bango PLC 31 August 2011 \n \n\n31 August 2011 \nEmbargoed until 07:00\n \nBANGO PLC\n(\"Bango\" or \"the Company\")\n \nUpdate on Mobile App Stores\n \nBango (AIM: BGO), the mobile payments and analytics company, is pleased to provide the following update on the progress it is making with the Opera Mobile Store, and BlackBerry App World.\n \nOpera Mobile Store \nFollowing the announcement in late-June that Bango had been selected by Opera Software to power mobile payments for the Opera Mobile Store, the Company is pleased to announce that this service has gone live. Bango is now successfully processing charge-to-mobile bill payments in the UK, with further roll-out planned. \n \nThe Opera Mobile Store delivers more than 1 million app downloads a day through an easy to run, browser-based store. Opera browsers run on more than 100 million devices worldwide; and can be accessed on over 3000 different mobile phone models, including most major mobile operating systems as it is also accessible through any other mobile browser by going to mobilestore.opera.com. \n \nEvery user will discover apps and content targeting their specific mobile device, local market and currency. The store is one of the top ten app store services for mobile phone users available worldwide today. Bango's payment technology will automatically calculate and deliver the correct payment experience for each individual user of the Opera Mobile Store, giving customers a great experience wherever they are and maximizing revenues for developers.\n \nMahi de Silva, EVP, Head of Consumer Mobile, Opera Software, said: \"Our app store is hugely popular across the world with millions of customers accessing content everyday. Delivering the best payment experience to our customers is essential and Bango provides the most sophisticated mobile payment technology available.\" \n \nBlackberry App Store\n \nIn a...