NOKIA

The history of Nokia is very interesting. Let's have a look at it: Nokia had its business interest in a lot of segments of the market like footwear, cables, paper products, etc. However, it was in 1992 that Nokia decided to focus on its telecommunications business. Jorma Ollila became the President and CEO of Nokia and focused the company on telecommunications. In the year 1992 itself, Nokia launched it first GSM handset, the Nokia 1011.In 1994, the Nokia 2100 was launched which was the first mobile to feature the Nokia Tune. In the same year, world's first satellite call was done using one of Nokia's GSM handset on a mobile contract.

In 1997, the Nokia 6110 became the first mobile to feature Nokia's classic Snake game. 1998 was the year when Nokia became the world leader in mobile phones. The year 1999, was very significant as the Internet went mobile. Nokia launched the 7110, world's first WAP handset. 2002 saw the launch of Nokia's first 3G phones, the Nokia 6650.Nokia launched the N-Gage in 2003. It helped in making the mobile gaming, multi-player.

Another significant year in the history of Nokia was 2005. Nokia introduced the N-series, the next generation of multimedia devices. In the same year, Nokia sold its billionth phone. Nokia continues to be the market leader. It is now a huge multi-national company with manufacturing units all over the world. In the highly competitive world of mobile phones, Nokia still has a lot of market presence and provides a lot of mobile contracts and will continue to do the same for a long time to come.