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Date Submitted: 05/10/2012 12:33 PM
Statistics:
Public Company
Incorporated: 1865
Employees: 55,000
Sales: EUR 19.77 billion (US$19.93 billion) (1999)
Stock Exchanges: Helsinki Stockholm London Frankfurt Paris New York
Ticker Symbol: NOK
NAIC: 334210 Telephone Apparatus Manufacturing; 334220 Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing; 334290 Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing; 334419 Other Electronic Component Manufacturing
Company Perspectives:
Nokia is a leading international communications company, focused on the key growth areas of wireline and wireless telecommunications. Nokia is a pioneer in digital technology and wireless data communications, continuously bringing innovations to the highly competitive and growing telecommunications markets. Nokia is also actively involved in international R & D cooperation, including the development of the standards for third generation mobile telephony.
Key Dates:
1865: Nokia Company is founded as a maker of pulp and paper.
1898: Finnish Rubber Works is founded.
1912: Finnish Cable Works is formed.
1915: Nokia shares are first listed on the Helsinki exchange.
1967: Nokia merges with Finnish Rubber Works and Finnish Cable Works to form Nokia Corporation.
1979: Mobira Oy is formed as a mobile phone company.
1981: The first international cellular system, the Nordic Mobile Telephone network, comes on line, having been developed with the help of Nokia.
1982: Nokia acquires Mobira, which later becomes the Nokia Mobile Phones division.
1986: Company markets internationally the first Nokia mobile telephone.
1993: The first Nokia digital cellular phone hits the market.
1998: Nokia surpasses Motorola as the world's number one maker of mobile phones.
Company History:
Nokia Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones, with a worldwide market share of about 27 percent, far surpassing the number two player, Ericsson, which has about 17...