History Of Nokia

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History Nokia is one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of mobile phones. In the 2nd quarter of 2008, it was able to grab 80% share from the global market. It elevated Finland to being an even wealthier country accounting for 30% of its GDP. Nevertheless, the success of Nokia started from its modest launching. Nokia began its life by a river of the same name in finland when Fredrik Idestam set up a wood-pulp mill to manufacturer paper in 1865. In 1898 a rubber company was established in the same region although unconnected with the other business. Later, in 1912, a company that became known as the Finnish Cable Works open in the central of Helsinki. Ten years on, the Finnish Rubber Works bought majority shares in both Finnish Cable Works and Nokia Ab, the ground wood producer. Thus the three independent companies began to pool their resources and co-operate, evolving into a more cohesive group. Over time a community established itself around the factories and became the town of Nokia. The company continue to operate under the single umbrella for some considerable time. In fact it was only as recent as 1966 that the company decided officially merge and Nokia began functioning as the business that we recognize today. When all the Nokia divisions joined in the 1960’s electronics made up about 3% of the overall company sales. By 1980, Nokia had begun focusing its energies internationally on becoming a communications company. It was around this time that a department called Dedicated Network was set up to deal specifically with transmission technology and Private Mobile Radio (PMR). Although initially based in Finland, Dedicated Networks has a global sales base. The seeds of Nokia’s eventual international success had been planted. In the case of Nokia, it can be classified as international organization.It basic for global brand, which is required to focus on
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