While we'd all love to have fast net connections everywhere we want to surf there's always one or move locations where that isn't possible. Aiming to improve our browsing experience in places with slower connections, the Opera Software team developed Opera Turbo, a compression technology which reduces the size of web pages up to 80% and thus speeds up interweb surfing.

Initially available only in the Opera Mobile phone browser, Opera Turbo was presented to PC users with the release of Opera 10 on September 1st. It seems that this expansion of Opera Turbo was met with success as some 3 million users have activated an used the technology over the first month following the arrival of Opera 10, viewing almost 668 million compressed web pages.

"The numbers tell us that Opera Turbo solves critical bandwidth issues. People everywhere experience either slow, congested networks or must pay as they go for Web access. It is an issue that affects everyone, from the business traveler to the Internet café user. Opera Turbo has become universally useful," said Jon von Tetzchner, CEO, Opera Software.

To get a feel of Opera Turbo try Opera 10 on your PC or Opera Mini 4.2 on your mobile phone.