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This article is about the telecommunications corporation. For the Finnish city, see Nokia, Finland. For other uses, see Nokia (disambiguation).
Nokia Corporation

Type Public – Oyj
(OMX: NOK1V, NYSE: NOK, FWB: NOA3)
Founded Nokia, Finland (1865)
Founder Fredrik Idestam
Headquarters Espoo, Finland
Key people Kari Kairamo, CEO in the 1980s
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, President & CEO
Jorma Ollila, Chairman
Industry Telecommunications
Products Mobile phones
Smartphones
Multimedia computers
Networks
Services Services and Software
Online services
Revenue ▲ €51.058 bn (2007)[1]
Operating income ▲ €7.985 bn (2007)
Net income ▲ €7.205 bn (2007)
Total assets ▲ €37.599 bn (2007)
Total equity ▲ €17.338 bn (2007)
Employees 117,212 as of June 30, 2008[2]
Subsidiaries Nokia Siemens Networks
Vertu
Navteq
Website www.nokia.com
Nokia Corporation (pronounced /nokia/) OMX: NOK1V, NYSE: NOK, FWB: NOA3) is a Finnish multinational communications corporation, headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki. Nokia is focused on wireless and wired telecommunications, with 112,262 employees in 120 countries, sales in more than 150 countries and global annual revenue of 51.1 billion euros and operating profit of 8.0 billion as of 2007.[1][3] It is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile telephones: its global device market share was about 40% in Q2 of 2008, up from 38% in Q2 2007 and up from 39% sequentially.[2] Nokia produces mobile phones for every major market segment and protocol, including GSM, CDMA, and W-CDMA (UMTS). Nokia's subsidiary Nokia Siemens Networks produces telecommunications network equipments, solutions and services.

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