Opera Software announces that Iwatsu Electric has selected the Opera browser to provide the full Web to its Visual IP phone, a part of Iwatsu's new communication system called PRECOT (Premium Communication Tool). PRECOT is a next generation solution over a broadband IP connection for the enterprise market. With Opera, PRECOT users can access Web mail or any Web page from the convenience of their screen phones.

Intended for use in businesses, the PRECOT solution enables users of this phone to access full Internet and Intranet content from the convenience of the Visual IP phone. The Opera browser includes phone-to-tag support making it easy to call from the browser. This means that a user can visit an online telephone directory and simply select the number to place the call.

"Iwatsu's PRECOT solution is breaking new ground in integrating the Web into IP telephony. Opera is excited to provide a Web browser to Iwatsu's Visual IP phone to enable access to the Internet on their new IP video phone," says Scott Hedrick, Executive Vice President, Opera Software. "Having a full Internet browser as a part of the phone allows rich integration of corporate data, Web applications, voice and video calling. Users will be able to initiate calls directly from a Web site or the corporate Intranet."