Nokia

Founded as a paper mill in Finland; later rubber and cables, and from the 1980s and 90s one of the world’s largest mobile phone makers.

Fredrik Idestam founded a paper mill on the Nokia river in southern Finland. The company merged with the Finnish Rubber Works and the Finnish Cable Works and became a large industrial group.

In the 1990s Nokia invested in mobile phones, and models such as the 2110, the 3310 and the 9000 Communicator became world leaders. The phone business was sold to Microsoft in 2014, and Nokia now concentrates on networks.

Model number under the battery of mobile phones; early models under the name Mobira.

• Technology and industrial design
• Nokia 9000 Communicator
• Nokia 3310