A couple of days ago, Opera unveiled a new feature for upcoming Opera 10 called as Opera Turbo.

Opera Turbo is nothing but a server-side optimization and compression technology that provides significant improvements in browsing speeds over limited-bandwidth connections by compressing network traffic. Not only does it help you surf the web in a faster environment but also saves your cost of browsing.

It is a perfect new feature for users to make use of in scenarios where they have limited or low bandwidth e.g. on dial-up connections or while using internet through 3G tethering on your phone. When turned on, Opera Turbo will display the average compression rate (such as seen below).

Interestingly, Opera Turbo uses a technology called ‘Opera Web Optimization Proxy’ which is quite different to the one used in Opera mini, this means that web sites layout will look exactly the same as the original website though the image quality might be affected a little bit due to compression.

To test out this new feature, head over to Opera Labs. It will be available as a standard-feature in future Opera versions.