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. |