Nokia

Nokia is sometimes called aikon (Nokia backwards) by non-Nokia mobile phone users and by mobile software developers, because "aikon" is used in various SDK software packages, including Nokia's own Symbian Series 60 SDK. The Day After Tomorrow could refer to:. The Nokia Tune was originally named "Gran Vals" on Nokia phones but was changed to "Nokia Tune" around 1998 when it became so well known that people referred to it as the Nokia Tune. day after tomorrow, a Japanese band. The ringtone "Nokia Tune" (probably the world's most well-known ringtone) is actually based on a 19th-century guitar work named "Gran Vals" by Spanish musician Francisco Tárrega. The Day After Tomorrow , a novel by Allan Folsom. Similarly, the "Ascending" SMS tone is Morse code for "Connecting People," Nokia's slogan. Heinlein novel Sixth Column.

The "Special" tone available to users of Nokia phones when receiving SMS (text messages) is actually Morse code for "SMS". The Day After Tomorrow, an alternate title for the Robert A. Nokia Values are listed as: Customer Satisfaction, Respect, Achievement, and Renewal. The Day After Tomorrow (film), a 2004 apocalyptic science-fiction film. English is the official language spoken and written among Nokians regardless of location. Nokia is a progressive and forward-thinking mobile technology group spending millions on research and development and priding itself on being "first to market" with new applications.

Equal opportunities and openness are also stressed, along with management leadership and employee participation. Nokia's official corporate culture manifesto, The Nokia Way, emphasises speed and flexibility of decision making in a flat, networked organisation. Often, mispronunciation will lead to other words and meaning such as in a Nokia television commercial in which the name is mispronounced /nak:ia/ (double k), which means "(a bit of) wiener" in Finnish. In Spanish or French the spelling would be the same as in Finnish, while taking the correct stress pattern into account.

English approximation spelling cannot be used accurately, because the closest English vowels are not interchangeable with the Finnish ones. Some English mispronunciations include [nəυ'ki:ə] "no-KEY-uh" and [nɒ'ki:ə] "knock-E-uh". This creates problems for some, especially English speakers, who replace the vowels with schwas, as there are no direct equivalents to the Finnish short [o] or [a] sounds in English. The proper pronunciation of "Nokia" according to Finnish phonology is ['nokia], with stress on the first syllable, and all vowels in the name being short and unreduced — there are no schwas ("a" [ə] or "uh" [ɒ]).

Nokia has been engaged in a series of legal actions dealing with intellectual property issues. Nokia signed a contract with BenQ, a Taiwanese Original Design Manufacturer, to develop three high-end mobile phones, which are scheduled to retail by the end of 2005. Recently, Nokia joined other mobile phone manufacturers to embrace Taiwanese Original Design Manufacturers. This, however, diminished Nokia's public image in Finland, and produced a number of court cases along with, at least, one television show critical of Nokia [2].

In 2004, Nokia resorted to similar streamlining practices with layoffs and organizational restructuring, although on a significantly smaller scale. Nokia also began developing mobile phones for the NMT network; unfortunately, the company ran into serious financial problems in the 1990s and streamlined its manufacturing of mobile phones, mobile phone infrastructure, and other telecommunications areas, divesting itself of other items, such as televisions and personal computers. (ICL), which later became part of Fujitsu; the personal computer operation was handed over to Fujitsu-Siemens AG. In the 1980s, Nokia offered a series of personal computers called MikroMikko [1], however, these operations were sold to International Computers, Ltd.

In the 1970s Nokia became more involved in the telecommunications industry by developing the Nokia DX 200, a digital switch for telephone exchanges. The town and river are named after a small black marten found in the region. The name Nokia originated from the river which flowed through the town of the same name (Nokia). All three companies were merged as Nokia Corporation in 1967.

At one time in history Nokia was a major manufacturer of boots for the military. Shortly after World War I Finnish Rubber Works acquired Nokia wood mills as well as Finnish Cable Works, a producer of telephone and telegraph cables. Finnish Rubber Works established its factories in the beginning of 20th century nearby and began using Nokia as its brand. Nokia was established in 1865 as a wood-pulp mill by Finland-Swede Knut Fredrik Idestam on the banks of Nokia rapids.

. Nokia provides mobile communication equipment for every major market and protocol, including GSM, CDMA, and WCDMA (UMTS). Nokia also produces mobile phone infrastructure and other telecommunications equipment for applications such as traditional voice telephony, ISDN, broadband access, professional mobile radio, voice over IP, wireless LAN, a line of digital terrestrial television receivers and satellite receivers. With headquarters in Keilaniemi of Espoo, Finland, Nokia is best known today for its leading range of mobile phones.

Nokia Corporation NYSE: NOK is one of the world's largest telecommunications equipment manufacturers.