Nokia Corporation [ 5 ] [ a ] is a Finnish multinational telecommunications , information technology , and consumer electronics corporation, originally established as a pulp mill in Nokia's main headquarters are in Espoo , Finland, in the Helsinki metropolitan area , [ 3 ] but the company's actual roots are in the Tampere region of Pirkanmaa.
The company has operated in various industries over the past years. It was founded as a pulp mill and had long been associated with rubber and cables , but since the s has focused on large-scale telecommunications infrastructure , technology development, and licensing.
For a decade beginning in , Nokia was the largest worldwide vendor of mobile phones and smartphones. In the later s, however, Nokia suffered from a series of poor management decisions and soon saw its share of the mobile phone market drop sharply.
After a partnership with Microsoft and Nokia's subsequent market struggles, [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] in , Microsoft bought Nokia's mobile phone business, [ 16 ] [ 17 ] incorporating it as Microsoft Mobile. The company was viewed with national pride by Finns , as its mobile phone business made it by far the largest worldwide company and brand from Finland.
Nokia's history dates from , when mining engineer Fredrik Idestam established a pulp mill on the shores of the Tammerkoski rapids near the town of Tampere , Finland then a Grand Duchy under Russian Empire 's rule.
