Nokia Corporation is the most prolific maker of mobile phones and thus the world's largest telecommunication equipment manufacturer. With headquarters in Keilaniemi of Finland, Nokia is best known for its range of mobiles phones. It also produces mobile phone infrastructure and other telecommunications equipment for applications such as traditional voice telephony, broadband access professional mobile radio, voice over IP, wireless LAN, a line of digital terrestrial television receivers and satellite receivers.
Nokia provides mobile communication equipment for every major market and protocol, including GSM, CDMA and WCDMA. Nokia was established in 1865 as a wood-pulp mill by Finland-Swede Knut Fredrik
Idestam on the banks of Nokia rapids. Nokia was a major manufacture of boots for the military. The name nokia originated from the river which through the town of the same name (nokia). The town and river are named after a small black marten found in the region.
In the 1970s Nokia became more involved in the telecommunication industry by
developing the Nokia DX 200, a digital switch for telephone exchanges. In the 1980s,
Nokia offered a series of personal computer called MikroMikko, however, these operation were sold to international computers Ltd, which later became part of Fujitsu the personal computer was sold to international computers. In 2004, Nokia resorted to similar streamlining practice with layoffs and organizational restructuring, although on a significantly smaller scale. This, however, diminished Nokia's public image in Finland and produced a number of courts cases along with, at least one television show critical of nokia.
