2023-09-16 10:30:00
Founded in 1865 in Finland, Nokia began in the paper industry, before diversifying into rubber and, a century later, into electronics. The history of the firm and telecommunications finally begins in the 1970s and 1980s.
At the time, it was not a question of manufacturing cell phones, but rather of fulfilling orders from the government and the army. Considered at the time as a sort of “ Nordic Japan “, Finland is rapidly modernizing and Nokia is playing a key role in establishing the country’s first mobile phone infrastructure.
It was in this context that it began to market mobile phones from 1982, despite the skepticism of its managers regarding this technology. If the first device in this category was the bulky Mobira Senator, it was with one of its successors that Nokia began to become known to the rest of the world.
Indeed, thanks to commercial agreements concluded between Finland and the Soviet Union, the company managed to put its first mobile phone ” compact » in the hands of a certain… Mikhail Gorbachev. The photo of the leader of the USSR calling for help from a Mobira Cityman made a lasting impression, symbolizing the start of a new era for Nokia.
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