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Opera began in 1994 as a research project at Telenor, the largest Norwegian telecommunications company. In 1995 it branched out into an independent company named Opera Software ASA.
With version 2.0 the first public release was made in 1996. Due to popular demand version 3.0 was released for multiple operating systems in the end of 1997.
Opera version 5.0 became ad-sponsored instead of having a trial period. With version 8.5 the ad-banner was removed and the browser also stayed free of charge.
In version 9.1, Opera Software ASA introduced a fraud protection by Geotrust and Phishtank.
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