Opera says its browser opening up the system grows with Microsoft

Opera Software said it has seen a growth in downloads of its browser, after Microsoft began to European users the option to choose the browser of their smaller rivals.

"Since the implementation of the choice of browser screen, Opera downloads have more than tripled in the major European countries, including Belgium, France, Spain, Poland and the United Kingdom," said Rolf Assev, chief strategy officer of Opera.

The European Union regulators agreed on December 16, Microsoft's commitment to give European consumers better access to rival browsers on Windows, ending a long antitrust dispute with the U.S. manufacturer.
Since early this week, Microsoft has allowed users to more than 100 million computers old and new browsers to select from 12, among which include her own, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari or Google Chrome .

Bing, the form of Microsoft, lost users in the U.S.

The market share of Microsoft's browser Bing fell in September, marking his first setback since four months ago, when the software giant is renewed leadership to fight Google.
According to a report by research firm StatCounter, the market share of Bing, Microsoft, fell more than 1 percent in September.
Google's participation in the U.S. search market rose in September to 80.08 percent, up from 77.83 in August.
The report shows the first reduction since the introduction of Bing in June.
In September, a separate report from comScore indicated that Bing's market share had grown in the United States in August to 9.3 percent, compared with 8.9 percent a month ago.

Aodhan Cullen StatCounter CEO, said in a statement that Bing has slowed since mid-August.
Yahoo also lost market share, according to the study, from 10.5 percent to 9.4 percent.