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Nokia Corporation ( in Finnish) ( ) is a Finnish
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
 multinational
Multinational corporation

A multinational corporation or transnational corporation is a corporation or enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country....
 communications corporation, headquartered in Keilaniemi
Keilaniemi

Keilaniemi is a district in the south-eastern part of Espoo, Finland. Keilaniemi is bordered by the university district of Otaniemi to the north, the commercial/residential district of Tapiola to the west, the Keilalahti bay separating Espoo and Helsinki to the east, and the Gulf of Finland to the south....
, Espoo
Espoo

Espoo is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland of Finland. With a population of approximately it is the second most populated city in Finland....
, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki
Helsinki

Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea....
. Nokia is focused on wireless and wired telecommunications, with 128,445 employees in 120 countries, sales in more than 150 countries and global annual revenue of 50.7 billion
1000000000 (number)

1,000,000,000 is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001.In scientific notation, it is written as 109....
 euros and operating profit of 5.0 billion as of 2008. It is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile telephone
Mobile phone

A mobile phone is a long-range, electronic device used for mobile voice or data communication over a network of specialized base stations known as cell sites....
s: its global device market share
Market share

Market share, in strategic management and marketing, is the percentage or proportion of the total available market or market segment that is being serviced by a company....
 was about 37% in Q4 of 2008, down from 40% in Q4 2007 and down from 38% sequentially.






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Nokia Corporation ( in Finnish) ( ) is a Finnish
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
 multinational
Multinational corporation

A multinational corporation or transnational corporation is a corporation or enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country....
 communications corporation, headquartered in Keilaniemi
Keilaniemi

Keilaniemi is a district in the south-eastern part of Espoo, Finland. Keilaniemi is bordered by the university district of Otaniemi to the north, the commercial/residential district of Tapiola to the west, the Keilalahti bay separating Espoo and Helsinki to the east, and the Gulf of Finland to the south....
, Espoo
Espoo

Espoo is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland of Finland. With a population of approximately it is the second most populated city in Finland....
, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki
Helsinki

Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea....
. Nokia is focused on wireless and wired telecommunications, with 128,445 employees in 120 countries, sales in more than 150 countries and global annual revenue of 50.7 billion
1000000000 (number)

1,000,000,000 is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001.In scientific notation, it is written as 109....
 euros and operating profit of 5.0 billion as of 2008. It is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile telephone
Mobile phone

A mobile phone is a long-range, electronic device used for mobile voice or data communication over a network of specialized base stations known as cell sites....
s: its global device market share
Market share

Market share, in strategic management and marketing, is the percentage or proportion of the total available market or market segment that is being serviced by a company....
 was about 37% in Q4 of 2008, down from 40% in Q4 2007 and down from 38% sequentially. Nokia produces mobile phones for every major market segment
Market segment

A market segment is a subgroup of people or organizations sharing one or more characteristics that cause them to have similar product and/or service needs....
 and protocol, including GSM, CDMA
Code division multiple access

Code division multiple access is a channel access method utilized by various radio communication technologies. It should not be confused with the List of mobile phone standards called IS-95 and CDMA2000 , this uses CDMA as an underlying channel access method....
, and W-CDMA
W-CDMA

W-CDMA is an air interface found in 3rd generation mobile telecommunications networks. W-CDMA is the higher speed transmission protocol used in the Japanese Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access system and in the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System system, a 3G follow-on to the 2nd generation Global System for Mobile Communications net...
 (UMTS
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

File:UMTS Network Architecture.pngUniversal Mobile Telecommunications System is one of the third-generation mobile telecommunications technologies, which is also being developed into a 4G technology....
). Nokia's subsidiary Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the largest telecommunications solutions suppliers in the world. Nokia Siemens Networks was created as the result of a joint venture between Siemens AG's Siemens COM division and Nokia's Network Business Group....
 produces telecommunications network
Telecommunications network

A telecommunications network is a wiktionary:Network of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes....
 equipments, solutions and services.

Nokia has sites for research and development
Research and development

The phrase research and development , according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers to "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications [sic]" ...
, manufacture and sales in many continents throughout the world. As of March 2008, Nokia had R&D centers in 10 countries and employed 30,415 people in research and development, representing approximately 27% of Nokia’s total workforce
Workforce

The workforce is the labour pool in employment. It is generally used to describe those working for a single Types of companies or industry, but can also apply to a geographic region like a city, country, state, etc....
. The Nokia Research Center, founded in 1986, is Nokia's industrial research unit of about 800 researchers, engineers and scientists. It has sites in seven countries: Finland, Denmark, Germany, China, Japan, United Kingdom and United States. Besides its NRCs, in 2001 Nokia founded (and owns) INdT
Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia

Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia , also usually referred to as INdT, is a non-profit organization aimed on research and development of mobile software and telecommunication technology....
 – Nokia Institute of Technology, a R&D institute located in Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
. Nokia's production facilities are located at Espoo
Espoo

Espoo is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland of Finland. With a population of approximately it is the second most populated city in Finland....
, Oulu
Oulu

Oulu is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland of inhabitants in the Provinces of Finland of Oulu and the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland....
 and Salo
Salo, Finland

Salo is a List of cities and towns in Finland and municipalities of Finland of Finland.It is located in the provinces of Finland of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper regions of Finland....
, Finland; Manaus
Manaus

Manaus is a city in Brazil, the capital of Amazonas state. It is situated at the confluence of the Rio Negro and River Solim?es rivers. It is the most populous city of Amazonas, according to the statistics of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and is a popular tourism destination....
, Brazil; Beijing
Beijing

is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....
, Dongguan
Dongguan

Dongguan is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province of China, People's Republic of China. An important industrial city located in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the south, and the Pearl River to the west....
 and Suzhou
Suzhou

Suzhou is a city on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Lake Taihu in the province of Jiangsu, China. The city is renowned for its beautiful stone bridges, pagodas, and meticulously designed Chinese garden which have contributed to its status as a great tourist attraction....
, China; Fleet
Fleet, Hampshire

Fleet is a town in the county of Hampshire, UK, located 37 miles southwest of London. It is part of Hart . The 2007 population forecast for Fleet was 31,687....
, England; Komárom
Komárom

Kom?rom is a city in Hungary on the right bank of the Danube in Kom?rom-Esztergom county.The city of Kom?rom was formerly a separate suburban village called ?jszony....
, Hungary; Chennai
Chennai

Chennai , formerly Indian renaming controversy , is the fourth largest metropolitan area of India and the capital city of the Indian states and territories of India of Tamil Nadu....
, India; Reynosa, Mexico; Jucu
Jucu

Jucu is a Communes of Romania in Cluj County, Romania....
, Romania and Masan
Masan

Masan is a Administrative divisions of South Korea in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The city is situated on Masan Bay , approximately 35 km west of Busan....
, South Korea. Nokia's Design Department remains in Salo
Salò

Sal? is a town and commune in the Province of Brescia in the region of Lombardy on the banks of Lake Garda....
, Finland.

Nokia plays a very large role in the economy of Finland
Economy of Finland

Finland has a highly industrialized, free-market economy with a per capita output equal to that of other western economies such as France, Germany, Sweden or the United Kingdom....
: it is by far the largest Finnish company
List of Finnish companies

This is a list of Finland corporations:*ABLOY OY, Locking Solutions*Ahlstrom, pulp and paper*Ahlstr?m Capital, private investment*Alma Media, media...
, accounting for about a third of the market capitalization
Market capitalization

Market capitalization/capitalisation is a measurement of corporate or economic wealth equal to the share price times the number of shares outstanding of a public company....
 of the Helsinki Stock Exchange
Helsinki Stock Exchange

The Helsinki Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in Helsinki, Finland. Since 3 September 2003 it has been part of OMX, referred to as OMX Helsinki ....
 (OMX Helsinki) as of 2007; a unique situation for an industrialized country
Developed country

The term developed country is used to describe countries that have a high level of development according to some criteria. Which criteria, and which countries are classified as being developed, is a contentious issue and there is fierce debate about this....
. It is an important employer in Finland and several small companies have grown into large ones as Nokia's subcontractor
Subcontractor

A subcontractor is an individual or in many cases a business that signs a contract to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract....
s. Nokia increased Finland's GDP
Gross domestic product

File:GDP nominal per capita world map IMF 2008.pngThe gross domestic product or gross domestic income is one of the measures of national income and output for a given country's economy....
 by more than 1.5% in 1999 alone. In 2004 Nokia's share of the Finland's GDP was 3.5% and accounted for almost a quarter of Finland's exports in 2003. In 2006, Nokia generated revenue that for the first time exceeded the state budget
Government budget

A government budget is a legal document that is often passed by the legislature, and approved by the chief executive-or president. For example, only certain types of revenue may be imposed and collected....
 of Finland.

Finns
Finnish people

The terms Finns and Finnish people are used in English to mean "a native or inhabitant of Finland". They are also used to refer to the ethnic group historically associated with Finland or Fennoscandia, and they are only used in that sense here....
 have ranked Nokia many times as the best Finnish brand and employer. The Nokia brand
Brand

A brand is a collection of symbols, experiences and associations connected with a product, a service, a person or any other artifact or entity....
, valued at $35.9 billion, is listed as the fifth most valuable global brand in Interbrand
Interbrand

Interbrand, a division of Omnicom, is a branding consultancy. Interbrand was founded in 1974 as Novamark by John Murphy , a former employee of Dunlop, in London....
/BusinessWeek
BusinessWeek

BusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. It was first published in 1929 under the direction of Malcolm Muir, who was serving as president of the McGraw-Hill Publishing company at the time....
's Best Global Brands list of 2008 (first non-US company). It is the number one brand in Asia (as of 2007) and Europe (as of 2008), the 42nd most admirable company worldwide in Fortune
Fortune (magazine)

Fortune is a International business magazine published by Time Inc. Fortune|Money Group. Founded by Henry Luce in 1930, the publishing business, consisting of Time, Life , Fortune, and Sports Illustrated, grew to become Time Warner....
's World's Most Admired Companies list of 2009 (third in Network Communications, seventh non-US company), and is the world's 88th largest company in Fortune Global 500
Fortune Global 500

The Fortune Global 500 is a ranking of the top 500 corporations worldwide as measured by revenue. The list is compiled and published annually by Fortune magazine....
 list of 2008, up from 119 of the previous year. As of 2008, AMR Research
AMR Research

AMR Research, Inc. is a research company specialized in the global supply chain of corporations. They are an independent company based in Boston serving most of the Fortune Global 500 manufacturers and retailers with published research and personalized advice on best practices in things like production operations, logistics, global sourcing...
 ranks Nokia's global supply chain
Supply chain

A supply chain or logistics network is the system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service from Vendor to customer....
 number two in the world.

History

Nokia Hq

Pre-telecommunications era

The predecessors of the modern Nokia were Nokia Aktiebolag (Nokia Company), Suomen Gummitehdas Oy (Finnish Rubber Works) and Suomen Kaapelitehdas Oy
Kaapelitehdas

Kaapelitehdas is a famous building in Ruoholahti, Helsinki, near the bridge to Lauttasaari.The building was originally constructed as a cable factory in 1939?1954 for Suomen Kaapelitehdas Oy , hence the name....
 (Finnish Cable Works).

What is known today as Nokia was established in 1865 as a wood-pulp mill
Pulp mill

A pulp mill is a manufacturing facility that converts wood chips or other Fiber crop into a thick fiber board which can be shipped to a paper mill for further processing....
 by Fredrik Idestam
Fredrik Idestam

File:Fredrik Idestam.pngKnut Fredrik Idestam was a Finland mining engineer and businessman, best known as a founder of Nokia.In May 1865, Idestam obtained a permit to construct a groundwood paper mill at Tampere, Finland....
 on the banks of the Tammerkoski
Tammerkoski

Tammerkoski is a channel of rapids in Tampere, Finland. The city of Tampere is located between two lakes, N?sij?rvi and Lake Pyh?j?rvi. The difference in altitude between these two is 18 metres and the water flows from N?sij?rvi to Pyh?j?rvi through the Tammerkoski rapids....
 rapids in the town of Tampere
Tampere

Tampere is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes, N?sij?rvi and Pyh?j?rvi . Since the two lakes differ in level by , the rapids linking them, Tammerkoski, have been an important power source throughout history, most recently for generating electricity....
, in south-western Finland. In 1871, Idestam founded Nokia Company with statesman Leo Mechelin
Leo Mechelin

Leopold Henrik Stanislaus Mechelin was a Finland professor, statesman, and Liberalism reformer. A leading defender of the autonomy of the Grand Duchy of Finland, and of the rights of women and minorities, Mechelin's 1905-1908 government...
 when they built a second mill to the town of Nokia
Nokia, Finland

Nokia is a List of cities and towns in Finland and a Municipalities of Finland on the banks of the Nokianvirta River in the region of Pirkanmaa and the province of Western Finland, some west of Tampere....
 by the Nokianvirta river, which had better resources for hydropower
Hydropower

Hydropower, hydraulic power or water power is power that is derived from the force or energy of moving water, which may be harnessed for useful purposes....
 production. That is where the company got the name that it still uses today. The name Nokia originated from the river which flowed through the town. The river itself, Nokianvirta, was named after the old Finnish word originally meaning a dark, furry animal that was locally known as the nokia, or sable
Sable

The sable is a small carnivorous mammal, closely related to the martens. It inhabits taiga environments primarily in Russia from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, in northern Mongolia and China and on Hokkaido in Japan....
, or later pine marten
Pine Marten

The European Pine Marten , or Pineten, is an animal of the weasel family, native to Northern Europe. It is about the size of a domestic cat....
.

Later Mechelin's wish to expand into the electricity business were at first thwarted by Idestam's opposition, but Mechelin managed to convince most shareholders of his plans and became the company chairman (1898–1914), thus being able to realize his visions.

Finnish Rubber Works, manufacturer of galoshes
Galoshes

Galoshes , also known as gumshoes, dickersons, or overshoes, are a type of rubber boot that is slipped over shoes to keep them from getting muddy or wet....
 and other rubber, established its factories in the beginning of the 20th century
20th century

The twentieth century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1901 and ended on December 31, 2000, according to the Gregorian calendar. The century saw a remarkable shift in the way that vast numbers of people lived, as a result of technological, medical, social, ideological, and political innovation....
 nearby and began using Nokia as its brand. In the 1910s
1910s

The 1910s decade ran from January 1, 1910 to December 31, 1919....
, Nokia Company was nearing bankruptcy
Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay its creditors. Creditors may file a bankruptcy petition against a debtor in an effort to recoup a portion of what they are owed or initiate a restructuring....
 and shortly after World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, Finnish Rubber Works acquired the company. In 1922, Finnish Rubber Works acquired Finnish Cable Works, a producer of electricity
Electricity

Electricity is a general term that encompasses a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena such as lightning and static electricity, but in addition, less familiar concepts such as the electromagnetic field and electromagnetic induction....
, telephone
Telephone

The telephone is a telecommunications device that is used to transmitter and receive electronically or digitally encoded sound between two or more people conversing....
 and telegraph
Telegraphy

Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters. Radiotelegraphy or wireless telegraphy transmits messages using radio....
 cables. These three companies were merged to form a new industrial conglomerate
Conglomerate (company)

A conglomerate is a company that consists of multiple distinct and often unrelated businesses. Conglomerates are often large and can be formed by merging more than three businesses together....
, Nokia Corporation in 1967.

The new company was involved in many sectors, producing at one time or another paper products, bicycle
Bicycle

The bicycle, bike, or cycle is a pedal-driven, human-powered transport with two bicycle wheel attached to a bicycle frame, one behind the other....
 and car
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
 tire
Tire

Tires, or tyres , are ring-shaped parts, either pneumatic or solid , that fit around wheels to protect them and enhance their function....
s, footwear (including Wellington boot
Wellington boot

The Wellington boot, also known as a wellie, a topboot, a gumboot, or a rainboot is a type of boot based upon Hessian boots....
s), personal computer
Personal computer

A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose original sales price, size, and capabilities make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end user, with no intervening computer operator....
s, communications cable
Cable

A cable is a large fiber or metal rope, used for hauling, lifting, or towing, or an assembly of two or more insulated electrical conductors, laid up together as an assembly....
s, television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
s, electricity
Electricity

Electricity is a general term that encompasses a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena such as lightning and static electricity, but in addition, less familiar concepts such as the electromagnetic field and electromagnetic induction....
 generation machinery, capacitor
Capacitor

A capacitor or condenser is a Passive component electronic component consisting of a pair of electrical conductor separated by a dielectric....
s and aluminium
Aluminium

Aluminium or aluminum is a silvery white and ductile member of the boron group of chemical elements. It has the symbol Al; its atomic number is 13....
. Eventually, the company focused on telecommunications after the notable drop in the prices of paper in Europe. Nokian Tyres, a manufacturer of tires and Nokian Footwear (formerly Finnish Rubber Works), a manufacturer of boots split from Nokia Corporation in 1988 and 1990 respectively.

Telecommunications era

The seeds of the current incarnation of Nokia were planted with the founding of the electronics section of the cable division in the 1960s. In the 1967 fusion, that section was separated into its own division, and began manufacturing telecommunications equipment.

First mobile phones
Nokia had been producing commercial and military mobile radio communications technology since the 1960s. Since 1964 Nokia had developed VHF-radio simultaneously with Salora Oy, which later in 1971 also developed the ARP
Autoradiopuhelin

ARP was the first commercially operated public mobile phone network in Finland. The technology is zero-generation , since although it had cells, moving between them was not seamless....
-phone. In 1979 the merger of these two companies resulted in the establishment of Mobira Oy. Mobira began developing mobile phones for the NMT
Nordic Mobile Telephone

NMT is the first fully-automatic cellular phone system. It was specified by Nordic countries telecommunications administrations starting in 1970, and opened for service in 1981 as a response to the increasing congestion and heavy requirements of the manual mobile phone networks: Autoradiopuhelin in Finland and MTD in Sweden, Norway and D...
 (Nordic Mobile Telephony) network standard, the first fully-automatic cellular phone system that went online in the 1980s. In 1982 Mobira introduced its first car phone
Car phone

A car phone is a mobile phone device specifically designed for and fitted into an automobile.The car phone was once, in the late 1970s and 1980s, more popular than the regular mobile phone....
, the Mobira Senator for NMT-450 networks. Nokia bought Salora Oy in 1984 and now owning 100% of the company, changed the company's telecommunication branch name to Nokia-Mobira Oy. The Mobira Talkman, launched in 1984, was one of the world's first transportable phones. In 1987, Nokia introduced one of the world's first handheld phones, the Mobira Cityman 900 for NMT-900 networks (which offered a better signal, yet a shorter roam). While the Mobira Senator of 1982 had weighed and the Talkman just under , the Mobira Cityman weighed only with the battery and had a price tag of 24,000 Finnish marks (approximately €4,560). Despite the high price, the first phones were almost snatched from the sales assistants’ hands. Initially, the mobile phone was a "yuppie
Yuppie

The term yuppie refers to an 1980s and early 1990s term for financially secure, upper-middle class young people in their 20s and early 30s....
" product and a status symbol
Status symbol

A status symbol is a perceived visible, external denotation of one's social position and perceived indicator of social status. Many luxury goods are often considered status symbols....
.

In 1988, Jorma Nieminen, resigning from the post of CEO of the mobile phone unit, along with two other employees from the unit, started a notable mobile phone company of their own, Benefon Oy. One year later, Nokia Mobira Oy became Nokia Mobile Phones and in 1991 the first GSM phone was launched.

Involvement in GSM
Nordic Mobile Telephony
Nordic Mobile Telephone

NMT is the first fully-automatic cellular phone system. It was specified by Nordic countries telecommunications administrations starting in 1970, and opened for service in 1981 as a response to the increasing congestion and heavy requirements of the manual mobile phone networks: Autoradiopuhelin in Finland and MTD in Sweden, Norway and D...
 was the world's first mobile telephony standard that enabled international roaming, and provided valuable experience for Nokia for its close participation in developing GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications). It is a digital standard which came to dominate the world of mobile telephony in the 1990s, in mid-2006 accounting for about two billion mobile telephone subscribers in the world, or about 80 percent of the total, in more than 200 countries. The world's first commercial GSM call was made in 1991 in Helsinki over a Nokia-supplied network, by then Prime Minister of Finland
Prime Minister of Finland

The Prime Minister is the Head of Government of Finland. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Finland, who is the Head of State....
 Harri Holkeri
Harri Holkeri

Harri Hermanni Holkeri...
, using a Nokia phone
List of Nokia products

The following is a partial list of products branded by Nokia....
.

Networking equipment
In the 1970s, Nokia became more involved in the telecommunication
Telecommunication

Telecommunication is the assisted Transmission of Signal over a distance for the purpose of communication. In earlier times, this may have involved the use of smoke signals, Drum , Semaphore line, flag signals or heliograph....
s industry by developing the Nokia DX200
Nokia DX200

The DX200 is a digital Telephone exchange developed by Nokia and now marketed by Nokia Siemens Networks....
, a digital switch for telephone exchange
Telephone exchange

In the field of telecommunications, a telephone exchange or telephone switch is a system of electronic components that connects telephone calls....
s. In 1982, a DX200 switch became the world's first digital telephone switch to be put into operational use. The DX200 became the workhorse of the network equipment division. Its modular and flexible architecture enabled it to be developed into various switching products.

For a while in the 1970s, Nokia's network equipment production was separated into Telefenno, a company jointly owned by the parent corporation and by a company owned by the Finnish state. In 1987 the state sold its shares to Nokia and in 1992 the name was changed to Nokia Telecommunications.

In the 1970s and 1980s Nokia developed the Sanomalaitejärjestelmä ("Message device system") for Finnish Defence Forces
Finnish Defence Forces

The Finnish Defence Forces is responsible for defence of Finland. It is a En cadre army of 16,500, of which 8,700 are professional soldiers , with a standard readiness strength of 34,700 people in uniform ....
.

Personal computers
In the 1980s, Nokia produced a series of personal computer
Personal computer

A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose original sales price, size, and capabilities make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end user, with no intervening computer operator....
s called MikroMikko
MikroMikko

MikroMikko was a Finland line of microcomputers released by Nokia Data from 1981 through 1987. They were especially designed for good ergonomy....
. However, the PC division was sold to ICL, which later became part of Fujitsu
Fujitsu

is a Japanese company specializing in semiconductors, air conditioners, computers , telecommunications, and Service , and is headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Tokyo....
. That company later transferred its personal computer operations to Fujitsu Siemens Computers
Fujitsu Siemens Computers

Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Inc. is a Japanese and Germany Information technology vendor , selling consumer and business computing products in the markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa ....
, which shut down its only factory in Finland (in the town of Espoo, where computers had been produced since the 1960s) at the end of March 2000, thus ending large-scale PC manufacturing in the country. Nokia was also known for producing very high quality CRT displays for PC and larger systems application. The CRT division was sold to Viewsonic
ViewSonic

ViewSonic Corporation is a manufacturer and provider of visual technology, specifically Cathode ray tube monitors, liquid crystal displays, projectors, plasma displays, High-definition television technology, and mobile products, including tablet PCs and wireless monitors....
 in 2000.

Challenges of growth
In the 1980s, during the era of its CEO Kari Kairamo
Kari Kairamo

Kari Kairamo was a CEO of Nokia and a significant and popular person in the industry, who was also actively involved in Finland's foreign policy....
, Nokia expanded into new fields, mostly by acquisitions. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the corporation ran into serious financial problems, a major reason being its heavy losses by the television manufacturing division (these problems probably contributed to Kairamo taking his own life in 1988). Nokia responded by streamlining its telecommunications divisions, and by divesting itself of the television and PC divisions. Jorma Ollila
Jorma Ollila

Jorma Jaakko Ollila is the Chairman and former CEO of the Nokia and Member of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company , UPM-Kymmene , and Otava Books and Magazines Group Ltd....
, who became the CEO in 1992, made a strategic decision to concentrate solely on telecommunications. Thus, during the rest of the 1990s, Nokia continued to divest itself of all of its non-telecommunications divisions.

The exploding worldwide popularity of mobile telephones, beyond even Nokia's most optimistic predictions, caused a logistics
Logistics

Logistics is the management of the flow of goods, information and other resources, including energy and people, between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet the requirements of consumers ....
 crisis in the mid-1990s. This prompted Nokia to overhaul its entire logistics operation. Logistics continues to be one of Nokia's major advantages over its rivals, along with greater economies of scale.

Recent history


Nokia opened its Komárom
Komárom

Kom?rom is a city in Hungary on the right bank of the Danube in Kom?rom-Esztergom county.The city of Kom?rom was formerly a separate suburban village called ?jszony....
, Hungary
Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
 mobile phone factory in 2000.

In April 2003, the troubles of the networks equipment division caused the corporation to resort to similar streamlining practices on that side, including layoff
Layoff

Layoff is the temporary suspension or permanent termination of employment of an employee or a group of employees for business reasons, such as the decision that certain positions are no longer necessary or a business slow-down or interruption in work....
s and organizational restructuring. This diminished Nokia's public image in Finland, and produced a number of court cases and an episode of a documentary television show
Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
 critical of Nokia.

On September 22, 2003, Nokia acquired Sega.com, a branch of SEGA
Sega

is a Multinational corporation video game software and hardware development company, and a home computer and console manufacturer headquartered in Ota, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan....
 which has been the major basis to develop the Nokia N-Gage device.

Despite these occasional crises, Nokia has been phenomenally successful in its chosen field. Its growth has come mostly during the era of Jorma Ollila as CEO and his team of about six close colleagues. In June 2006, Ollila left to become the chairman of Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell public limited company, commonly known simply as Shell, is a multinational corporation oil company of Netherlands and United Kingdom origins....
. Nokia's new CEO is Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo

Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia and Chairman of the board of directors for Nokia Siemens Networks, a joint venture between Nokia and Siemens AG....
.

On February 2006, Nokia and Sanyo
Sanyo

is a major Japanese electronics company and member of the Fortune 500 whose headquarters is located in Moriguchi, Osaka, Osaka prefecture, Japan. Sanyo targets the middle of the market and has over 324 offices and plants worldwide, together employing more than 11,000 employees....
 announced a memorandum of understanding
Memorandum of understanding

A memorandum of understanding is a document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action....
 to create a joint venture addressing the CDMA handset business. But in June, they announced ending negotiations without agreement. Nokia also stated its decision to pull out of CDMA research and development, to continue CDMA business in selected markets.

On February 10, 2006, Nokia acquired Intellisync
Intellisync

The Intellisync Corporation is a provider of Data and PIM Synchronization software for mobile devices, such as Cell Phones and Personal digital assistants....
 Corporation, a provider of data and PIM synchronization software.

On June 19, 2006, Nokia and Siemens AG
Siemens AG

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft is Europe's largest engineering Conglomerate . Siemens' international headquarters are located in Berlin and Munich, Germany....
 announced the companies are to merge their mobile and fixed-line phone network equipment businesses to create one of the world's largest network firms. Each company will have a 50% stake in the infrastructure company, to be headquartered in the Helsinki area, and to be called Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the largest telecommunications solutions suppliers in the world. Nokia Siemens Networks was created as the result of a joint venture between Siemens AG's Siemens COM division and Nokia's Network Business Group....
. The companies predict annual sales of €16 bn
1000000000 (number)

1,000,000,000 is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001.In scientific notation, it is written as 109....
 and cost savings of €1.5 bn a year by 2010. About 20,000 Nokia employees will be transferred to this new company. In August 2006, Nokia acquired online music distributor Loudeye Corp for $60 m. The company has been developing this into an online music service in the hope of using it to generate handset sales. The service is expected to launch in late 2007 and would rival iTunes
ITunes

iTunes is a Proprietary software digital media media player application, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple's popular iPod digital media players as well as the iPhone....
.

In March 2007, Nokia signed a memorandum with Cluj County
Cluj County

Cluj ; is a county of Romania, in Transylvania, with the capital city at Cluj-Napoca....
 Council, Romania
Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
 to open a new plant near the city in Jucu
Jucu

Jucu is a Communes of Romania in Cluj County, Romania....
 commune. Moving the production from the Bochum
Bochum

Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and surrounded by the cities of Essen, Germany, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 factory to a low wage country created an uproar in Germany.

In May 2007, Nokia announced that its Nokia 1100
Nokia 1100

The Nokia 1100 is a durable and very simple GSM mobile phone produced by Nokia with a 96 x 65 monochrome screen. It is targeted towards developing countries and users who do not require advanced features beyond making calls and Short message service text messages, alarm clock, reminders, etc....
 handset, with over 200 million units shipped, is the best-selling mobile phone of all time and the world's top-selling consumer electronics product.

In July 2007, Nokia acquired all assets of Twango
Twango

Twango is an online media sharing site that supports multiple file types such as photos, video, audio, and documents. It provides users a means of repurposing their media, including sharing, editing, organizing and categorizing....
, the comprehensive media sharing solution for organizing and sharing photos, videos and other personal media.

In September 2007, Nokia announced its intention to acquire Enpocket
Enpocket

Enpocket is a global mobile media company providing integrated entertainment and mobile marketing services. The company was founded in 2001, is headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts and since 2007 operates as a subsidiary of Nokia....
, a supplier of mobile advertising technology
Technology

Technology is a broad concept that deals with an animal species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects an animal species' ability to control and adapt to its Natural environment....
 and services.

In October 2007, pending shareholder and regulatory approval, Nokia bought Navteq
NAVTEQ

NAVTEQ is a Chicago, Illinois-based provider of Geographic information systems data and is a dominant company in providing the base electronic navigable maps....
, a U.S.-based supplier of digital mapping data, for a price of $8.1 bn.

In November 2007, Nokia announces and releases the Nokia N82
Nokia N82

The Nokia N82 is a smartphone announced by Nokia on November 14 2007. It is part of the company's Nokia Nseries line of smartphones which features the N-Gage 2.0 and the Nokia Music store ....
, it's first (and currently, only) Nseries phone with Xenon flash.

At the Nokia World conference in December 2007, Nokia announced their "Comes With Music" program: Nokia device buyers are to receive a year of complimentary access to music downloads. The service is expected to be commercially available in the second half of 2008.

In April 2008, Nokia began finding new ways to Connect People, asking the “audience” to use their creativity and their mobile devices to become Nokia’s production company - to take part in filming, acting, editing and producing a collaborative film. Nokia Productions will be the first ever mobile filmmaking project directed by Spike Lee
Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated United States film director, Film producer, screenwriter, and actor, noted for his films dealing with controversial Society and Politics issues....
. This will be a collaborative experience that exists across borders and perspectives—working off a common script.

In May 2008, Nokia announced on their annual stockholder meeting that they want to shift to the internet
Internet

The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available server and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory....
 business as a whole. Nokia no longer wants to be seen as the telephone
Telephone

The telephone is a telecommunications device that is used to transmitter and receive electronically or digitally encoded sound between two or more people conversing....
 company. Google
Google

Google Inc. is an United States public company, earning revenue from AdWords related to its Google search, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut, and YouTube services as well as selling advertising-free versions of the Google Search Appliance....
, Apple and Microsoft
Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational corporation computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of computer software products for computing devices....
 are not seen as natural competition for their new image but they are considered as major important players to deal with.

In July 2008, Nokia finalized the aquistion of Navteq
NAVTEQ

NAVTEQ is a Chicago, Illinois-based provider of Geographic information systems data and is a dominant company in providing the base electronic navigable maps....
.

In September, 2008, Nokia acquires OZ Communications, a privately held company with approximately 220 employees and headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

In 2008, Nokia released the Nokia E71 in the UK which was marketed to directly compete with the other Blackberry
BlackBerry

The BlackBerry is a wireless handheld device introduced in 1999 as a two-way pager. In 2002, the more commonly known smartphone BlackBerry was released, which supports push e-mail, mobile telephone, text messaging, internet faxing, web browsing and other wireless information services as well as a multi-touch interface....
 devices offering a full keyboard and cheaper prices.

In November 2008, Nokia announced ceasing mobile phone distribution in Japan. Following early December, distribution of Nokia E71
Nokia E71

The Nokia E71 is a smartphone from the Nokia Eseries range, a S60 platform 3rd Edition, second generation Feature Pack 1, device with a QWERTY keyboard targeting business users worldwide....
 is cancelled, both from NTT docomo
NTT DoCoMo

is the predominant mobile phone operator in Japan. The name is officially an abbreviation of the phrase, "do communications over the mobile network", and is also from a phrase dokodemo, meaning "everywhere" in Japanese language....
 and SoftBank Mobile. Nokia Japan remains tasks of global research & development programs, sourcing business, and an MVNO venture of Vertu
Vertú

Vert? is a jazz fusion band consisting of bassist Stanley Clarke and drummer Lenny White , keyboardist Rachel Z, violinist Karen Briggs and guitarist Richie Kotzen. The band released one eponymous album in 1999 in music....
 luxury phones, using docomo's telecommunication network.

Corporate structure

Since January 1, 2008, Nokia comprises three business groups: Devices, Services & Software, and Markets. On April 1, 2007, Nokia’s Networks business group was combined with Siemens
Siemens AG

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft is Europe's largest engineering Conglomerate . Siemens' international headquarters are located in Berlin and Munich, Germany....
’ carrier-related operations for fixed and mobile networks to form Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the largest telecommunications solutions suppliers in the world. Nokia Siemens Networks was created as the result of a joint venture between Siemens AG's Siemens COM division and Nokia's Network Business Group....
, jointly owned by Nokia and Siemens and consolidated by Nokia.

Devices


The Devices division combines its existing mainline mobile phones division with the separate subdivisions manufacturing Multimedia (Nseries
Nokia Nseries

Nokia Nseries is a product family consisting of multimedia smartphones. These are mobile devices supporting digital multimedia services such as music playback, video capture, photography, mobile gaming and Internet services....
) and Enterprise (Eseries
Nokia Eseries

The Nokia Eseries consists of business-oriented smartphones, with emphasis on enhanced connectivity and support for corporate e-mail push services....
) class devices as well as formerly centralized core devices R&D – called Technology Platforms, headed by Kai Öistämö.

This division provides the general public with mobile voice and data products across a wide range of mobile devices, including high-volume, consumer oriented mobile phones and devices, and more expensive multimedia and enterprise-class devices. The devices are based on GSM/EDGE
Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution

Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution , Enhanced GPRS , or IMT-2000 Single Carrier is a backward-compatible digital mobile phone technology that allows improved data transmission rates, as an extension on top of standard GSM....
, 3G
3G

3G is the third generation of tele standards and technology for mobile networking, superseding 2.5G. It is based on the International Telecommunication Union family of standards under the IMT-2000....
/WCDMA and CDMA cellular technologies. Nokia's Nseries
Nokia Nseries

Nokia Nseries is a product family consisting of multimedia smartphones. These are mobile devices supporting digital multimedia services such as music playback, video capture, photography, mobile gaming and Internet services....
 Multimedia Computers extensively uses Symbian OS
Symbian OS

Symbian OS is a proprietary software operating system designed for mobile devices, with associated Library , user interface, frameworks and reference implementations of common tools, developed by Symbian Ltd....
.

In the first quarter of 2006 Nokia sold over 15 million MP3 capable mobile phones, which means that Nokia is not only the world's leading supplier of mobile phones and digital cameras (as most of Nokia's mobile telephones feature digital cameras, it is also believed that Nokia has recently overtaken Kodak in camera production making it the largest in the world), Nokia is now also the leading supplier of digital audio players (MP3 players), outpacing sales of devices such as the iPod
IPod

iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple Inc. and launched on . The product line-up includes the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the video-capable iPod Nano, and the compact iPod Shuffle....
 from Apple. At the end of the year 2007, Nokia managed to sell almost 440 million mobile phones which accounted for 40% of all global mobile phones sales.

Services & Software


The Services & Software division combines the existing Enterprise and Consumer driver services businesses previously hosted in Multimedia and Enterprise as well as a number of new acquisitions (Loudeye, Gate5, Emppocket, Intellisync, Avvenu and OZ), headed by Niklas Savander.

The group works with companies outside the telecommunications industry to make advances in the technology and bring new applications and possibilities in areas such as online services
Online service provider

An online service provider is inclusive to internet service providers and web sites, such as Wikipedia's or Usenet . In its original more limited definition it referred only to a commercial computer communication service in which paid members could dial via a computer modem the service's private computer network and access various services a...
, optics
Optics

Optics is the study of the behavior and properties of light including its optical phenomena with matter and its imaging by optical instruments....
, music synchronization and streaming media
Streaming media

Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by, and normally presented to, an End-user while it is being delivered by a streaming provider ....
.

Markets

The successor organization to Nokia's Customer and Market Operations division, represents the sales, marketing and manufacturing functions of the company, led by Anssi Vanjoki.

Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks (previously Nokia Networks) provides mobile network infrastructure, communications and networks service platforms, as well as professional services to operators and service providers. Networks focuses in: GSM, EDGE, 3G/WCDMA and WiMAX radio access networks; core networks with increasing IP and multiaccess capabilities; and services.

At the end of 2005, Nokia Networks had more than 150 mobile network customers in more than 60 countries, with its systems serving in excess of 400 million subscribers.

On June 19, 2006 Nokia and Siemens AG
Siemens AG

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft is Europe's largest engineering Conglomerate . Siemens' international headquarters are located in Berlin and Munich, Germany....
 announced the companies are to merge their mobile and fixed-line phone network equipment businesses to create one of the world's largest network firms, called Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the largest telecommunications solutions suppliers in the world. Nokia Siemens Networks was created as the result of a joint venture between Siemens AG's Siemens COM division and Nokia's Network Business Group....
. The Nokia Siemens Networks brand identity was subsequently launched at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona in February 2007.

Corporate affairs


Corporate governance

The control and management of Nokia is divided among the shareholders at a general meeting and the Group Executive Board (left), under the direction of the Board of Directors (right). The Chairman and the rest of the Group Executive Board members are appointed by the Board of Directors. Only the Chairman of the Group Executive Board can belong to both, the Board of Directors and the Group Executive Board. The Board of Directors' committees consist of the Audit Committee, the Personnel Committee and the Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee.

The operations of the company are managed within the framework set by the Finnish Companies Act, Nokia's Articles of Association and Corporate Governance Guidelines, and related Board of Directors adopted charters.

Group Executive Board
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo

Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia and Chairman of the board of directors for Nokia Siemens Networks, a joint venture between Nokia and Siemens AG....
 (Chairman), b. 1953
President, CEO and Group Executive Board Chairman of Nokia Corporation since June 1, 2006
Member of the Nokia Board of Directors since May 3, 2007
With Nokia 1980–1981, rejoined 1982, Group Executive Board member since 1990

Robert Andersson, b. 1960
Executive Vice President, Devices Finance, Strategy and Sourcing
Joined Nokia 1985, Group Executive Board member since 2005
/ Simon Beresford-Wylie
Simon Beresford-Wylie

Simon Beresford-Wylie is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia Siemens Networks. He has been a member of the Group Executive Board of Nokia since February 1, 2005, and the Board of Directors of the Vitec Group since March 1, 2006....
, b. 1958
Chief Executive Officer, Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the largest telecommunications solutions suppliers in the world. Nokia Siemens Networks was created as the result of a joint venture between Siemens AG's Siemens COM division and Nokia's Network Business Group....

Joined Nokia 1998, Group Executive Board member since 2005
Timo Ihamuotila, b. 1966
Executive Vice President, Sales
With Nokia 1993–1996, rejoined 1999, Group Executive Board member since 2007
Mary T. McDowell, b. 1964
Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer
Joined Nokia 2004, Group Executive Board member since 2004
Hallstein Mørk, b. 1953
Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Joined Nokia 1999, Group Executive Board member since 2004
Dr. Tero Ojanperä, b. 1966
Executive Vice President, Entertainment & Communities
Joined Nokia 1990, Group Executive Board member since 2005
Niklas Savander, b. 1962
Executive Vice President, Services & Software
Joined Nokia 1997, Group Executive Board member since 2006
Richard A. Simonson, b. 1958
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Joined Nokia 2001, Group Executive Board member since 2004
Veli Sundbäck, b. 1946
Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations and Responsibility
Joined Nokia 1996, Group Executive Board member since 1996
Anssi Vanjoki, b. 1956
Executive Vice President, Markets
Joined Nokia 1991, Group Executive Board member since 1998
Dr. Kai Öistämö, b. 1964
Executive Vice President, Devices
Joined Nokia 1991, Group Executive Board member since 2005
Board of Directors
Jorma Ollila
Jorma Ollila

Jorma Jaakko Ollila is the Chairman and former CEO of the Nokia and Member of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company , UPM-Kymmene , and Otava Books and Magazines Group Ltd....
 (Chairman), b. 1950
Board member since 1995, Chairman of the Board of Directors since 1999
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell public limited company, commonly known simply as Shell, is a multinational corporation oil company of Netherlands and United Kingdom origins....
 PLC
Dame Marjorie Scardino
Marjorie Scardino

Dame Marjorie Morris Scardino, Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, is the CEO of Pearson PLC. She became the first female Chief Executive of a FTSE 100 company when she was appointed CEO of Pearson in 1997....
 (Vice Chairman), b. 1947
Board member since 2001
Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee, Member of the Personnel Committee
Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Pearson PLC
Pearson PLC

Pearson plc is a London-based education and mass media Conglomerate . It is the largest book publisher in the United Kingdom, India, Australia and New Zealand, and the second largest in the United States and Canada....
Georg Ehrnrooth, b. 1940
Board member since 2000
Member of the Audit Committee, Member of the Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee
Lalita D. Gupte
Lalita D. Gupte

Lalita D. Gupte, Joint Managing Director of ICICI Bank , until October 31, 2006, is an important figure in India?s Indian banking and financial services sector....
, b. 1948
Board member since 2007
Member of the Audit Committee
Non-executive Chairman of the ICICI Venture Funds Management Co Ltd.
ICICI Bank

ICICI Bank is India's largest private sector bank in market capitalization and second largest overall in terms of assets. Bank has total assets of about USD 100 billion , a network of over 1,399 branches, 22 regional offices and 49 regional processing centres, about 4,485 Automatic teller machines , and 24 million customers ....
Dr. Bengt Holmström
Bengt R. Holmström

Bengt Robert Holmstr?m is the Paul Samuelson Professor of Economics at M.I.T. He is a Finland and belongs to the Finland-Swedes.Holmstr?m received his B.S....
, b. 1949
Board member since 1999
Paul A. Samuelson
Paul Samuelson

Paul Anthony Samuelson is an United States neoclassical economist economist known for his contributions to many fields of economics, beginning with his general statement of the comparative statics method in his 1947 book Foundations of Economic Analysis....
 Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private university research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States....
,
joint appointment at the MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Sloan School of Management

The MIT Sloan School of Management is one of the five schools of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, in the United States....
Dr. Henning Kagermann
Henning Kagermann

Henning Kagermann is chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer of SAP AG. Together with Hasso Plattner, co-founder of SAP, he was co-chairman of the SAP Executive Board and CEO From 1998 to 2003....
, b. 1947
Board member since 2007
CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of SAP AG
SAP AG

SAP Aktiengesellschaft is the largest European software enterprise and the fourth largest in the world, with headquarters in Walldorf, Germany....
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo

Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia and Chairman of the board of directors for Nokia Siemens Networks, a joint venture between Nokia and Siemens AG....
, b. 1953
Board member since 2007
President and CEO of Nokia Corporation
Per Karlsson, b. 1955
Board member since 2002, Independent Corporate Advisor
Chairman of the Personnel Committee, Member of the Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee
Risto Siilasmaa
Risto Siilasmaa

Risto Siilasmaa is the Chairman, founder and former Chief Executive Officer of F-Secure , an anti-virus software and computer security software company based in Helsinki, Finland....
, b. 1966
Board member since 2008
Member of the Audit Committee
Founder and Chairman of F-Secure
F-Secure

F-Secure Public limited company is an anti-virus software and computer security software company based in Helsinki, Finland. The company has large branch offices in the USA and Japan, where some antivirus analysis and software development work is also being undertaken....
Keijo Suila, b. 1945
Board member since 2006
Member of the Audit Committee


Historical logos

Image:Nokia logo (1865).svg|Nokia Company logo. Founded in Tampere
Tampere

Tampere is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes, N?sij?rvi and Pyh?j?rvi . Since the two lakes differ in level by , the rapids linking them, Tammerkoski, have been an important power source throughout history, most recently for generating electricity....
 in 1865, incorporated in Nokia
Nokia, Finland

Nokia is a List of cities and towns in Finland and a Municipalities of Finland on the banks of the Nokianvirta River in the region of Pirkanmaa and the province of Western Finland, some west of Tampere....
 in 1871. Image:Finnish Rubber Works (Nokia) logo 1965.svg|Nokia – Finnish Rubber Works Ltd, founded in Helsinki
Helsinki

Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea....
 in 1898.
Logo 1965–1966. Image:Nokia arrows logo.svg|The Nokia "arrows" logo before its Connecting People logo. Image:Nokia Connecting People.svg|Nokia introduced its "Connecting People" advertising slogan
Advertising slogan

Advertising slogans are short, often memorable phrases used in advertising campaigns. They are claimed to be the most effective means of drawing attention to one or more aspects of a product....
, coined by Ove Strandberg.
This earlier version of the slogan used Times Roman SC
Times Roman

Times New Roman is a serif typeface commissioned by the United Kingdom newspaper, The Times, in 1931, designed by Stanley Morison and Victor Lardent at the English branch of Monotype Corporation....
 (Small Caps) font.
Image:Nokian logo.svg|Nokia's current logo with the redesigned "Connecting People" slogan.
This slogan uses Nokia's proprietary 'Nokia' font. Image:Nokia Siemens Networks logo.svg|Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the largest telecommunications solutions suppliers in the world. Nokia Siemens Networks was created as the result of a joint venture between Siemens AG's Siemens COM division and Nokia's Network Business Group....
 logo. Founded in 2007.


Corporate culture

Nokia's official corporate culture
Organizational culture

Organizational culture is an idea in the field of Organizational studies and management which describes the psychology, attitudes, experiences, beliefs and Values of an organization....
 manifesto, The Nokia Way, emphasises the speed and flexibility of decision-making in a flat, networked organization
Entrepreneurial network

In business, entrepreneurial networks are social organizations offering different types of resource to start or improve entrepreneurial projects....
, although the corporation's size necessarily imposes a certain amount of bureaucracy
Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy is the structure and set of regulations in place to control activity, usually in large organizations and government. As opposed to adhocracy, it is represented by standardized procedure that dictates the execution of most or all processes within the body, formal division of powers, hierarchy, and relationships....
.

The official business language of Nokia is English. All documentation is written in English, and is used in official intra-company spoken communication and e-mail.

Until May 2007, the Nokia Values were Customer Satisfaction
Customer satisfaction

Customer satisfaction, a business technical term, is a measure of how products and services supplied by a company meet or surpass customer expectation....
, Respect
Respect

Respect is esteem for, or a sense of the worth or excellence of, a person, a personal quality, ability, or a manifestation of a personal quality or ability....
, Achievement, and Renewal. In May 2007, Nokia redefined its values after initiating a series of discussions worldwide as to what the new values of the company should be. Based on the employee suggestions, the new values were defined as: Engaging You, Achieving Together, Passion for Innovation and Very Human.

Online services


.mobi and the Mobile Web
Nokia was the first proponent of a Top Level Domain (TLD) specifically for the Mobile Web
Mobile Web

The Mobile Web refers to the access to the World Wide Web using a mobile device such as Mobile phone, Personal digital assistant, and other portable gadgets connected to a public network....
 and, as a result, was instrumental in the launch of the .mobi
.mobi

.mobi is a top-level domain approved by ICANN on 11 July 2005 and managed by the dedicated to delivering the Internet to mobile devices via the Mobile Web....
 domain name extension in September 2006 as an official backer. Since then, Nokia has launched the largest mobile portal, , which receives over 100 million visits a month. It followed that with the launch of a mobile to cater to the growing demand for mobile advertisement.

Ovi

Ovi
Ovi (Nokia)

Ovi is the name for Nokia's "umbrella concept" Internet services. Centered on ovi.com, it will market as "personal dashboard" where users can share photos with friends, buy music and access third-party services like Yahoo's Flickr photo site....
, announced on August 29, 2007, is the name for Nokia's "umbrella concept" Internet services. Centered on Ovi.com, it will market as "personal dashboard" where users can share photos with friends, download music, maps and games directly to their phones and access third-party services like Yahoo's Flickr
Flickr

Flickr is an and video hosting service website, web services suite, and online community platform. In addition to being a popular Web site for users to share personal photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers as a photo repository....
 photo site. It has some significance in that Nokia is moving deeper into the world of Internet services, where head-on competition with Microsoft
Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a multinational corporation computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of computer software products for computing devices....
, Google
Google

Google Inc. is an United States public company, earning revenue from AdWords related to its Google search, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Apps, Orkut, and YouTube services as well as selling advertising-free versions of the Google Search Appliance....
 and Apple is inevitable.

The services so far announced to be offered through Ovi include the Nokia Music Store, Nokia Maps
Nokia Maps

Nokia Maps is a free mapping product and service by Nokia for its mobile phones and smartphone multimedia devices....
 and the N-Gage mobile gaming platform available for several S60
S60 platform

The S60 Platform is a platform for mobile phones that runs on Symbian OS. S60 is currently amongst the leading smartphone platforms in the world....
 smartphone
Smartphone

A smartphone is a mobile phone offering advanced capabilities beyond a typical mobile phone, often with personal computer-like functionality. There is no industry standard definition of a smartphone....
s.

MOSH

In August 2007, Nokia launched their new social network, dubbed MOSH
Mosh

Moshing or slamming refers to the activity in which audience members at live music performances aggressively push or slam into each other....
. MOSH by Nokia is the first-ever social network built by a handset manufacturer. MOSH
Mosh

Moshing or slamming refers to the activity in which audience members at live music performances aggressively push or slam into each other....
 aims to bring social, media-based networks to the mobile environment. Users can upload, download, share, and bookmark a variety of media - audio files, video files, documents, applications, games, images.

Comes With Music
On December 4, 2007, Nokia unveiled their plans for the "Nokia Comes With Music" initiative, a program that would partner with Universal Music Group International
Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is the largest business group and family of record labels in the Record industry. With a 25.5% market share, it is one of the Music industry....
 and Sony BMG to bundle a year's worth of unlimited, DRM
Digital rights management

Digital rights management refers to access control technologies used by publishers, copyright holders, and hardware manufacturers to limit usage of digital media or devices....
-encumbered downloads with the purchase of a Nokia phone. Following the termination of the year of free downloads, tracks can be kept without having to renew the subscription. Downloads will be both PC and mobile-based.

Nokia Email service
On August 13, 2008, Nokia launched a beta release of "Nokia Email service", a new push email service. Nokia Email service can sync personal email accounts offered by a variety of ISPs (Internet Service Providers). Nokia Email service is available at email.nokia.com.

Environmental record

Electronic products such as cell phones impact the environment both during production and after their useful life when they are discarded and turned into electronic waste
Electronic waste

Electronic waste, e-waste, e-scrap, or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment is a loose category of surplus, obsolete, broken, or discarded electrical or electronic devices....
. According to environmental organization Greenpeace
Greenpeace

Greenpeace is an international non-governmental organization for the protection and conservation of the environment. Greenpeace utilizes direct action, lobbying and research to achieve its goals....
, Nokia has a good track record in limiting the amount of toxic chemicals in its products, supporting recycling, and reducing impact on climate change, compared to other large electronics brands.

In an effort to further reduce their environmental impact, Nokia released a new phone concept, Remade
Remade

The Remade are re-constructed people in the series of books written by China Mi?ville that take place in the world of Bas-Lag. Bas-Lag itself is a strange mix of magic and technology, and the Remade are an example of this....
, in February 2008. The phone has been constructed of solely recyclable materials. The outer part of the phone is made from recycled materials such as aluminum cans, plastic bottles, and used car tires. The screen is constructed of recycled glass, and the hinges have been created from rubber tires. The interior of the phone is entirely constructed with refurbished phone parts, and there is a feature that encourages energy saving habits by reducing the backlight to the ideal level, which then allows the battery to last longer without frequent charges.

Research cooperation with universities

  • Helsinki University of Technology
    Helsinki University of Technology

    Helsinki University of Technology is the premier technical university in Finland. It is located in Otaniemi, Espoo in the area of Greater Helsinki....
    , Finland
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private university research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States....
    , United States
  • Stanford University
    Stanford University

    Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private university research university located in Stanford, California, California, United States....
    , United States
  • Tampere University of Technology
    Tampere University of Technology

    Tampere University of Technology is Finland's second largest university in engineering sciences. The university is located in Hervanta, a suburb of Tampere, Finland....
    , Finland
  • University of Cambridge
    University of Cambridge

    The University of Cambridge , located in Cambridge, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation university in the Anglosphere....
    , United Kingdom
  • University of Glasgow
    University of Glasgow

    The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451, in Glasgow, Scotland, and, along with its contemporary institution, the University of St Andrews, it formed the Kingdom of Scotland's equivalent to Oxbridge....
    , United Kingdom


Support of users

Nokia is known as a company that sometimes ignores the queries of users about the removal of lacks of its products. E-series smartphones, in particular E-70, E-71, E-90 which are localised for the Ukrainian market does not allow in the QWERTY mode direct entering the specific Ukrainian letters «?» «?» «?». The only possibility is to use the Ctrl/Chr button on the devices with QWERTY. Queries to the representatives of Nokia, and also through the section of Nokia Support Discussions and , which are repeatedly given starting from December, 2006, are ignored.

See also

  • Gnokii
    Gnokii

    Gnokii is a suite of programs for communicating with mobile phones. It was initially only available for Nokia#Mobile Phones, but later extended to support others....
  • List of Nokia products
    List of Nokia products

    The following is a partial list of products branded by Nokia....
  • Nokia Software Updater
    Nokia Software Updater

    Nokia Software Updater is a Microsoft Windows based application from Nokia that enables customers to update their mobile device firmware of a recent Nokia Series 40 or S60 platform device from any Internet enabled access point....
  • Nokia Sugar Bowl
    Sugar Bowl

    The Sugar Bowl is an annual United States of America college football bowl game played in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since December 2, 1934, and celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2009....
  • Nokian Tyres
  • Symbian OS
    Symbian OS

    Symbian OS is a proprietary software operating system designed for mobile devices, with associated Library , user interface, frameworks and reference implementations of common tools, developed by Symbian Ltd....
  • Maemo
    Maemo

    Maemo is an operating system for the Nokia Internet Tablet line of handheld computers. It was originally named "Internet Tablet OS".Maemo is similar to many handheld operating systems, and features a "Home" screen?the central point from which all applications and settings are accessed....
  • Sony Ericsson
    Sony Ericsson

    Sony Ericsson is a joint venture established on October 3, 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to make mobile phones....
     (competitor to Nokia)


Further reading

  • Christian Lindholm, Turkka Keinonen, Harri Kiljander (2003). Mobile Usability: How Nokia Changed the Face of the Mobile Phone. ISBN 0-07-138514-2.
  • Dan Steinbock (2001). The Nokia Revolution: The Story of an Extraordinary Company That Transformed an Industry. ISBN 0-8144-0636-X.
  • Martti Häikiö (2002). Nokia: The Inside Story. ISBN 0-273-65983-9.
  • Michael Lattanzi, Antti Korhonen, Vishy Gopalakrishnan (2006). Work Goes Mobile: Nokia's Lessons from the Leading Edge. ISBN 0-470-02752-5.
  • Trevor Merriden (2001). Business The Nokia Way: Secrets of the World's Fastest Moving Company. ISBN 1-84112-104-5.


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