Nokia

Nokia History

Before Nokia became the world’s largest manufacturer of mobile phones it was the Nokia Company which owned the Finish Rubber Works Ltd and Finish Cable Works Ltd. But Nokia’s History starts in 1865 when Fredrik Idestam a mining engineer established a groundwood pulp mill in the town Tampere in south-western Finland. The two co Founders of Nokia is Fredrik Idestam and Leo Mechelin.

The electronics section of the cable division was established in 1960 setting in motion the current embodiment of Nokia. A pulse analyzer was the first electronic device produced in 1962 to be used in nuclear power plants.

First mobile phone

Since 1960 Nokia has been producing commercial and military mobile radio communications technology. Nokia introduced the world’s first handheld phones in 1887 the Mobira Cityman 900. It was considered a yuppie product and a status symbol. Nokia was one of the major developers of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) the mobile technology which could carry data as well as voice traffic. The world’s first GSM call was made with Nokia’s 1011 phone that was launched in 1992. The GSM technologies high quality voice calls, text messaging functionality and easy international roaming set the foundation for the world wide boom in the mobile phone use.

Mobile releases

Nokia’s 1100 handset which was launched in 2003 with over 200 million units shipped was announced in 2007 to be the best selling mobile phone of all times and was the world’s top selling electronic consumer product. Nokia release their first touch screen phone in 2005, the Nokia 7710 which was a great success. The Nokia N82, the first in the N series was announced and launched in November 2007. Nokia’s “Comes with Music” program enabled customers to receive a year of free access to music downloads. This was announced in December 2007. Nokia has since developed and improved their mobile phones to accommodate the needs of every single consumer, from business users, fashion conscious users to music lovers and social networking and sharing users.

Nokia’s mobile phones comes in many different series ranging from the Classic discontinued series to the latest N series, X series C series and E series. Nokia’s latest mobile phones all operates with the Symbian operating system which they want to replace with Windows Phone 7.