Nokia Cell Phones And How They Became Known

Not many inventions have revolutionized the workings of modern society such as the cell phone. Since the 1980s, when cell phones were substantial and cumbersome and were hardly regarded as more than a status symbol among the yuppie culture, cell phones became probably the single most ubiquitous personal electronic device on the planet. As of 2009, there are around 4.6 billion mobile phone subscriptions across the world - accounting for over two thirds of the inhabitants.

Provided for by a amount of companies invested in cell phone technology - Motorola, LG, and Samsung included - Nokia phones account for a substantial majority of the world's mobile phones. In 2007 as an example, Nokia cell phones accounted for 440 million mobile phone subscriptions - 40% of all global mobile phone sales that year. In May of 2007, the company proclaimed that its 1100 series of Nokia cell phones had sold over 200 million units since its introduction in 2003, making it both the top selling mobile phone of all time, and also the best selling consumer electronic.

Even though Nokia unlocked cell phones are what many people often associate with the brand name, the Nokia corporation has persisted since long before the telecommunications era. The company can be traced back to its sources as a groundwood pulp mill built in Finland by Fredrik Idestam in 1865. Three years later, he constructed another mill on the Nokianvirta river around the town of Nokia, which eventually gave the company its name after the firm was renamed and transformed into a share company.

With the aid of his partner Leo Mechelin, the company soon moved into the budding electricity business around the turn of the century. Together with jointly held companies Finnish Rubber Works and Finnish Cable Works, Nokia blossomed during the first half of the 20th century, even via both World Wars, until eventually all three companies eventually combined to form the Nokia Corporation as it stands these days in 1967. For a while, the new company worked in a number of industries all associated to each of its component's specialties: rubber products for footwear and automobiles, cables, and electronics.

Ultimately the company became more invested in telecommunications and having discovered a niche for accomplishment there, eventually abandoned most of its other pursuits - a move that would eventually lead to their Nokia cell phones holding the place of dominion over the mobile phone market that they possess currently. During the 80s and 90s, Nokia would ultimately help develop GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications). This later became the regular by which Europe and much of the rest of the world would make use of mobile phone communications. It was the first standard to enable both voice traffic and digital information (i.e. text messaging) as well as international roaming.


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