Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Nokia


Everybody have mobile phone. Some people have more than one mobile phone. If we ask people, what brand that they use. Most of them are using Nokia. Nokia is one of the famous mobile phone brand in earth. Nokia Corporation 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. It is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones. What is known today as Nokia was established in 1865 as a wood-pulp mill by Fredrik Idestam. The name Nokia originated from the river which flowed through the town. The river itself, Nokianvirta, was named after the old Finnish word originally meaning a dark, furry animal that was locally known as the nokia, or sable, or later pine marten. Nokia had been producing commercial and military mobile radio communications technology since the 1960s. The Mobira Talkman, launched in 1984, was one of the world's first transportable phones. Now today, many new model have been introduced by nokia. One of the latest is, N series. Many people prefer to use Nokia mobile phone because it is a user friendly and it price is affordable.

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