Timeline of Nokia

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This is a timeline of Nokia, attempting to describe important events since the foundation of the company.

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Time period Development summary
1865 – 1967 By the 1960s, Nokia becomes a conglomerate, comprising rubber, cable, forestry, electronics and power generation businesses.[1]
1967 – 1990 The period starts with the three companies - Nokia, Finnish Cable Works and Finnish Rubber Works - merge and create the new Nokia Corporation, a new restructured form divided into four major businesses: forestry, cable, rubber and electronics. In the early 1970s, it enters the networking and radio industry.
1990 – 2007 Nokia internationalizes its Research and development function, by setting up research centres abroad. Early in the decade, Nokia adopts an export-based sales strategy. By 1998, Nokia would firmly establish itself as the global leader.[2] Around the same time, co-operation with other companies, research institutes and universities would become a central part of Nokia’s global R&D strategy.[3] Among the co-operations, the Nokia Siemens Network joint venture is founded in 2007.
2007 forward After the glorious 90s, the impact of Nokia begin to go rapidly downhill. In 2009, Nokia posts its first quarterly loss in more than a decade, largely due to HTC developing a smartphone running on the yet new Google Android operating system. With the iPhones and various Android smartphones taking the market by storm, Nokia would fail to keep up with them.[2]

Full timeline

Year Month and date Event type Details
1865 Foundation Finnish Engineer Fredrik Idestam sets up a wood pulp mill in Southern Finland.[1][2]
1868 Facility Fredrik Idestam launches a second mill in the town of Nokia.[2]
1912 Foundation Finnish Cable Works Ltd, a phone and power cable producer, is founded.[1]
1963 Expansion Nokia makes radio telephones for army and emergency responders, in a first attempt to enter the telecommunications market.[4][2]
1979 Expansion Nokia takes its first steps into telephony by creating Mobira Oy in a JV with Finnish TV maker Salora. The partnership would create the Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT) service.[2]
1982 Product The Mobira Senator is released and is seen as one of the first true mobile phones. At this time, Nokia's telecommunications branch originally exists as a merger between Nokia and Salora OY, with both companies releasing handsets under the name Mobira. "Mobira Cityman 900 is released by Nokia-Mobira."[5]
1987 Product Nokia launches the Mobira Cityman 900, weighing 1.7 pounds, its first handheld mobile phone. The phone earns the nickname the "Gorba", after Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is pictured using the phone.[6]
1991 Technology The first GSM call is made with a Nokia phone over the Nokia-built network of Radiolinja, a local operator.[1]
1992 Specialization Nokia sets a course to exit its rubber, cable and consume-electronics business, and decides to focus entirely on mobile phones and network infraestructure.[7]
1994 Product Nokia launches the Nokia 2110, its first mobile phone to carry the signature ringtone, which would later become famous by Dom Joly's Trigger Happy TV antics.[8][2]
1996 Product The Nokia 8110, one of the original "slider" phones, is released to great acclaim.[9]
1996 August Product The Nokia Communicator is introduced as a brand name, with the release of the Nokia 9000 Communicator. Launched 11 years before the iPhone, it combines email, fax, sophisticated calendar functionality and a massive display into a svelte package that weighs less than 400 grams.[10]
1997 December Product The Nokia 6110 is released. It is the first ARM-powered GSM phone.[11][2]
1997 December 8 Acquisition Nokia acquires Ipsilon Networks, a company that develops open Internet Protocol routing platforms, for US$120 million.[12][13][14][15][16]
1998 March Product The Nokia 5110 is released.[2]
1998 August 20 Acquisition Nokia acquires Swedish software company User Interface Design, with the purpose of strengthening Nokia's position as the leading supplier of system solutions and DVB-based multimedia terminals.[12][17][18][19]
1998 September 17 Acquisition Nokia acquires NE-Products.[12][20][21][22]
1998 December 17 Acquisition Nokia acquires Vienna Systems Corporation, A Canadian 180-employee company which designs and manufactures hardware and software products for the distribution of voice, fax, and video communications.[12][23][24][25][26]
1998 Half of the Nokia’s Research and development is conducted outside of Finland.[3]
1999 February 15 Acquisition Nokia acquires Petaluma, California–based Diamond Lane Communications, a company having developed the market-leading multi-service digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM), a device that enables Internet access speeds up to 125 times faster than 56 kilobit-per-second modems over existing telecommunications networks. Nokia pays US$125 million in cash for the acquisition.[12][27][28][29][30]
1999 February 17 Acquisition Nokia acquires InTalk Corp, a privately-owned United States–based company, which focuses on the development of wireless LAN access point products.[12]

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1999 September 2 Acquisition Nokia acquires Mountain View–based Rooftop Communications for US$ 57 million, to boost its wireless IP bypass technology portfolio. Rooftop produces radio systems that enable high-speed wireless access to the Internet.[12][34][35][36][37][38]
1999 October 21 Acquisition Nokia acquires Telekol Corporation to strengthen its mobile corporate communications portfolio. Telekol, a US specialist in unified messaging and computer telephony software, designs intelligent communications solutions for corporate and Internet Service Provider networks.[12][39][40][41]
1999 December 12 Acquisition Nokia acquires TeamWARE.[12]
1999 The Nokia 3210 is released, featuring phone calls, SMS and the game Snake. This model would help Nokia top the mobile market, in which the company would remain for 14 consecutive years.[42]
2000 January 31 Acquisition Nokia acquires Network Alchemy. [12]
2000 August 8 Acquisition Nokia acquires DiscoveryCom.[12]
2000 December 6 Acquisition Nokia acquires Ramp Network.[12]
2000 The Nokia 3310 launches, bringing improved versions of Nokia's highly addictive mobile phone games. Snake 2 brings huge popularity to the phone.[43]
2001 July 25 Acquisition Nokia acquires Amber Networks.[12]
2002 Product The Nokia 3410 launches as an upgraded version of the Nokia 3310, with higher resolution display, dedicated call and hang up buttons, animated screensavers and different games.[43]
2003 April 22 Acquisition Nokia acquires Eizel Technologies.[12]
2003 Product The Nokia 1100 launches. A simple and easy to produce handset, it would become and as of 2017 remains the biggest-selling mobile phone of all time. The Nokia 1100 is also the world's top-selling consumer electronics product, with over 250 million units shipped. Aimed at developing countries, the Nokia 1100 would bring mobile communications to many people who originally couldn't afford it.[44]
2003 Statistics Nokia captures 25% of total Finnish exports and 3.7% of GDP during the year.[3]
2005 Statistics Nokia sells its 1 billionth phone, a Nokia 1100 bought in Nigeria.[44]
2005 Product The Nokia N90 is released. A phone-cum-video camera, it is Nokia's first smartphone. Ahead of its time, the Nokia N90 supports wireless, 3G and multimedia including video, music and internet. Models N91 and N70 are released alongside, and also considered smart.[45]
2006 February 9 Acquisition Nokia acquires Intellisync.[12]
2006 August 8 Acquisition Nokia acquires Loudeye.[12]
2006 Product The Nokia 5310 XpressMusic launches, containing a GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) internet uplink. Sales would surpass 10 million for the handset.[46]
2006 Expansion Nokia enters the digital mapping and location services business.[1]
2007 April 1 Acquisition Nokia acquires Pixto.[12]
2007 July 24 Acquisition Nokia acquires Twango.[12]
2007 October 8 Acquisition Nokia acquires Enpocket.[12]
2007 October 22 Acquisition Nokia acquires Vivento Technical Services.[12]
2007 October 24 Acquisition Nokia acquires Atrica.[12]
2007 Product The Nokia N95 is released, providing good quality camera as well as many features later taken for granted in iOS and Android powered smartphones.[47]
2007 Partnership The Nokia Siemens Network joint venture is created after Nokia combines its telecoms infrastructure operations with those of Siemens.[1]
2007 Product The Nokia NGage is released as both a gaming platform and mobile phone. The model is an upgraded version of a first generation dating to 2004.
2007 December 4 Acquisition Nokia acquires Avvenu.[12]
2008 January 28 Acquisition Nokia acquires Qt Software.[12]
2008 June 5 Acquisition Nokia acquires Trolltech.[12]
2008 June 30 Product The Nokia 1680 classic is released.[48]
2008 June 23 Acquisition Nokia acquires Plazes.[12]
2008 June 24 Acquisition Nokia acquires Symbian Software Ltd.[12]
2008 July 10 Acquisition Nokia acquires Navteq.[12]
2008 September 30 Acquisition Nokia acquires OZ Communications.[12]
2008 Product The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic launches. It is considered Nokia's response to the iPhone, released the year before. The first touchscreen phone by Nokia, the 5800 would sell over 13 million handsets.[49]
2009 February 9 Acquisition Nokia acquires Bit-side.[12]
2009 February 27 The Nokia 1202 is released.[50]
2009 July 24 Acquisition Nokia acquires Cellity.[12]
2009 September 23 Acquisition Nokia acquires Dopplr.[12]
2009 Product The Nokia X6 is released and becomes Nokia's flagship music-orientated phone. It supports social network access and Nokia's Ovi maps. The X6 comes also in two different versions, one containing an 8GB hard drive and another with a larger 16GB memory.[51]
2010 March 26 Acquisition Nokia acquires Novarra.[12]
2010 April 9 Acquisition Nokia cquires MetaCarta.[12]
2010 June Product The Nokia 1800 is released.[52]
2010 July 19 Acquisition Nokia acquires Motorola Wireless.[12]
2010 August 20 Acquisition Nokia acquires Motally.[12]
2011 January 4 Acquisition Nokia acquires IRIS Telecom.[12]
2011 Nokia partners with Microsoft in order to strengthen its position in the smartphone market.[1]
2012 January 6 Acquisition Nokia acquires Smarterphone.[12]
2012 July 24 Acquisition Nokia acquires camera tech firm Scalado, after it having contributed for more than ten years in Nokia's imaging applications.[12][53][54][55][56]
2012 November 12 Acquisition Nokia acquires Berkeley, California-based Earthmine, a specialist in 3D street-level imaging. With the acquisition, Nokia plans to incorporate the technology into its maps system to provide a competitive service against Google Street View.[12][57][58][59][60][61]
2013 September 3 Acquisition Nokia announces that its hardware department would be acquired by Microsoft for US$7.2 billion.[2]
2014 May 1 Staff Rajeev Suri is appointed as President and CEO of Nokia Corporation.[62]
2014 May 30 Acquisition Nokia acquires Desti.[12]
2014 June 6 Acquisition Nokia acquires Mesaplex.[12]
2014 August 25 Acquisition Nokia acquires SAC Wireless.[12]
2015 April 15 Acquisition Nokia acquires Alcatel-Lucent.[12]
2016 Nokia announces its comeback, releasing a new range of feature phones and tablets.[63]
2016 February 20 Acquisition Nokia acquires Nakina Systems.[64][65][66][67][68]
2016 April 26 Acquisition Nokia acquires Withing for €170 million.[12]
2016 June 9 Acquisition Nokia acquires Gainspeed.[69][70][71][72][73]
2016 October 15 Acquisition Nokia acquires Etadevices, a United States-based start up specializing in power amplifier efficiency solutions for base stations, access points and devices.[74][75][76][77][78]
2016 December 14 Acquisition Nokia acquires DeepField, a US-based IP network analytics company.[79][80][81][82]
2017 February 8 Acquisition Nokia acquires Comptel –a company that specialises in building software-based data communications solutions for mobile carriers, for €347 million.[83][84][85][86]

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See also

Timeline of telephony in Finland

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