1 The company was initially started off as a paper production company in Finland in 1865 by Fredrik Idestam in the town of Tampere. In the late 19th century, the organization moved to another town which had a river flowing through it. The river was called Nokianvirta, and the town was called Nokia. This is how it got it name
2. Before the company made its way into the tech world, Nokia had a crazy array of products that it manufactured. From snow tires, gas masks and rubber boots to electricity and cables, the company did it all. In fact, the rubber boots by the firm became so popular that they became a classic design blueprint for boots. And it also had personal computers under the brand name MikroMikko
3. The first commercial GSM call was made in 1991. The then Prime Minister of Finland, Harri Holkeri made this phone call in Helsinki using a Nokia phone over a Nokia-supplied network.
4. The world's first business GSM call was made in 1991 in Helsinki over a Nokia-provided organize, by Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri, utilizing a Nokia telephone.
2. Before the company made its way into the tech world, Nokia had a crazy array of products that it manufactured. From snow tires, gas masks and rubber boots to electricity and cables, the company did it all. In fact, the rubber boots by the firm became so popular that they became a classic design blueprint for boots. And it also had personal computers under the brand name MikroMikko
3. The first commercial GSM call was made in 1991. The then Prime Minister of Finland, Harri Holkeri made this phone call in Helsinki using a Nokia phone over a Nokia-supplied network.
4. The world's first business GSM call was made in 1991 in Helsinki over a Nokia-provided organize, by Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri, utilizing a Nokia telephone.
5. It is prevalently trusted that the 'Extraordinary' tone accessible in Nokia telephones, as a SMS tone, is really Morse code for SMS. The 'Rising' SMS tone is Morse code for 'Interfacing People', which is Nokia's slogan.
6. It sold about 126 million pieces of the most popular black & white model Nokia 3310 and Nokia 3330, with 3310 being the first Nokia mobile phone without an external antenna
7. About three years ago, Nokia used to manufacture about 210 million handsets every year which, if calculated, comes to 6.5 phones each second. This figure has now gone down due to decrease in demand and immense competition in the mobile market.
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