OSLO (Reuters) - Opera Software'sOPERA.OL internet browser will be pre-installed on Nokia's NOK1V.HE new low-cost mobile phone platform, known as the X, Norway's Opera said on Monday.
“At launch time, the Nokia models launching with Opera pre-installed ... include the devices Nokia X, Nokia X+ and Nokia XL,” Opera wrote in a statement.
Introduced just days before Microsoft MSFT.O is expected to take over Nokia's mobile phone operations in a $7.2 billion deal, the X phones are nevertheless based on rival Google's GOOG.O Android software.
Reporting by Terje Solsvik
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