StockMarketWire.com - Bango has clinched a deal with Opera Software to provide mobile payments for its app store.

Bango will provide mobile payments worldwide for the Opera Mobile App Store, which can be accessed from phones that run the Opera Mini and Opera mobile browsers, as well as any other mobile browser.

The browsers run on more than 100 million devices worldwide; and can be run on over 3000 different mobile phone models, including most major mobile operating systems.

The Opera Mobile App Store is designed to provide apps configured for the user's individual device.

The store currently delivers 1 million app downloads a day through an easy to run, browser-based interface.

Bango is providing charge-to-mobile bill and other payment methods, such as credit card billing.

The Bango mobile payment feature is expected to go live and generate revenues in the third quarter of this year - the second quarter of Bango's financial year.

CEO Ray Anderson said: "Bango is delighted to now provide carrier billing for the Opera Mobile App Store; our second major app store.

"Bango is continuing to develop a number of other significant app store opportunities and our progress gives us confidence that we are well placed to accelerate growth in future periods."



At 8:15am: (LON:BGO) share price was +7p at 112.5p


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