Engaged in the manufacturing of mobile devices and in converging Internet and communications industries.
Nokia's history starts in 1865 when mining engineer Fredrik Idestam established a groundwood pulp mill on the banks of the Tammerkoski rapids in the town of Tampere, in southwestern Finland, and started manufacturing paper.In 1868, Idestam built a second mill near the town of Nokia, fifteen kilometres west of Tampere by the Nokianvirta river, which had better resources for hydropower production.In 1871, Idestam, with the help of his close friend statesman Leo Mechelin, renamed and transformed his firm into a share company, thereby founding the Nokia Company, the name it is still known by today.The name of the town, Nokia, originated from the river which flowed through the town.
Headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki.
