Norway's Opera Software (OPERA.OL) will form a joint venture with China Telling to boost the use of its world-leading mobile browser technology in the Asian economic giant, industry sources told Reuters on Friday. Opera was not immediately available for comment. Last week Opera said it was in the final stages of talks to establish a joint venture with a "major Chinese mobile phone distributor" that would combine browser technology from Opera with local content, distribution and operations. Opera is the world's most used mobile browser ahead of Apple (AAPL.O), Nokia (NOK1V.HE) and Google Inc's (GOOG.O) Android, controlling 21.2 percent of the market in February, according to Web analytics firm StatCounter. The iPhone, Nokia and Android browsers all have 15 to 18 percent market shares.
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