Nokia

History

Year	Detail
1865	Nokia is a Finnish multinational corporation founded on 12 May 1865 as a single paper mill operation.
1947	The company developed the transistor, a tiny device that revolutionized the electronics industry.
1962	The company launched the first communications satellite, Telstar 1, into orbit, enabling the first-ever broadcast of live television between the U.S. and Europe.
1969	The company developed Unix, the software system that made the large-scale networking of diverse computing systems and the internet practical.
1991	The company enabled the first GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication) call using a Nokia phone over the Nokia-built network of Finnish communications service provider Radiolinja.
2001	The company invented MIMO (Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output), a key element of many modern wireless systems. MIMO allowed for greater throughput without increasing bandwidth requirements.
2007	Siemens entered a joint venture with Nokia, combining mobile and fixed-line phone network equipment businesses and creating Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN).
2011	The company partnered with Microsoft to address increasing competition from iOS and Android operating systems.
2011	In April 2011, Nokia Siemens Networks acquired Motorola Solution's wireless network assets for $975 million.
2013	In 2013, Nokia sold its Devices and Services business to Microsoft for $7.2 billion.
2016	Nokia acquired Alcatel-Lucent in 2016. Alcatel-Lucent was merged into Nokia's Networks division, while Bell Laboratories, a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, was maintained as a subsidiary of Nokia.
2019	The company opened the first live end-to-end 5G lab, the Future X Lab, in Murray Hill, New Jersey, U.S.
2022	Nokia launched the Advanced Security Testing and Research (ASTaR) lab in Dallas, the first end-to-end 5G testing lab in the US focused solely on cybersecurity.
2023	Nokia and BT Group agreed to develop new 5G network monetization opportunities through Nokia’s Network as Code platform with developer portal (platform) and BT Group’s cloud-native network.
2024	Dell Technologies and Nokia announced a strategic partnership to use each company’s expertise and industry-leading solutions, including infrastructure solutions from Dell and private wireless connectivity from Nokia, to advance open network architectures in the telecom ecosystem and private 5G use cases among businesses.
2024	Nokia partnered with Solis Tower Telecom do Brasil, a telecom infrastructure organization, to offer a flexible and competitive digital agriculture solution, bringing much-needed connectivity to agribusinesses in rural parts of Brazil.
2024	Nokia and Axiom Space partnered to integrate advanced 4G/LTE communication capabilities into the next-generation spacesuits for the Artemis III lunar mission.