The $155 million deal by the Norwegian company is a move to expand their business domains beyond just "browser roots". Both the collaborators see this as an evolutionary move that shall benefit both as each of them offers a service that's feasible for the consumers across the globe.
Opera's waning business and customer usability is often quoted but the firm is doing quite well actually. A story done by GigaOm reports that Opera created some ripples by "dropping its own engines and frameworks in favor of WebKit, Chrominum and V8".
Talking of complimentariness from consumer perspective, both ethe firms can develop their server-side services relatively as well as offering users a greater independence in mobile web usage.
