SYMBIAN FOUNDATION
Nokia began in 1865 as a paper mill, expanded into rubber and cables, launched its first handheld in 1987 and led mobile phones by 1998; after 149 years, its handset business was sold to Microsoft in 2014
Nokia's move toward telecommunications developed gradually rather than happening overnight. The company entered telecommunications equipment through Finnish Cable Works, whose electronics activities included radio-transmission equipment.
Online stores for the apps shopaholic
Don't stick to the manufacturer-provided app stores for your mobile phones. ET shows you some oft-ignored places where you can head to.
3G rollout to increase mobile internet providers
The roll-out of 3G services by mobile service providers will lead to increase in the number of Internet Telephony Service Providers and reduction in International Long Distance call rates.
We have to stay paranoid: Nokia's Vanjoki
The executive vice-president (markets) of Nokia, Anssi Vanjoki, admits that the company’s weakness is the smartphone segment and that Apple is the market leader in this space.
Nokia, Intel to merge their smartphone software
New software platform, called Meego, will be hosted by Linux. Meego would supersede Nokia's Maemo, used in a few high-end phones. Samsung Wave
Mahindra Satyam joins Symbian Foundation
As a member of the Foundation, the company gains the immediate right to licence the Symbian Foundation platform.
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Mahindra Satyam joins Symbian Foundation
Mahindra Satyam, formerly Satyam Computer Services on Monday announced its decision to join the Symbian Foundation, a mobile software platform.
Nokia says Symbian acquisition completed
The world's leading mobile phone maker Nokia said Tuesday its acquisition of Symbian, a London-based software group, had been completed.
T-Mobile set to launch first Google-powered phone
Google looks set for an uphill battle in trying to capture desires of consumers and wireless carriers. In Pics: iPhone, BlackBerry Pearl I Potential iPhone killers
Move over to foundations & alliances
V Sridhar and S R Raja With the launch of Apple’s iPhone3G, India is all set to join the league of countries that witnessed an overwhelming demand for this mobile gizmo.
Leadership Forum: Nokia president with a new vision
In his three-decade stint with the Finnish communications giant, Kallasvuo has the distinction of seeing the company through various angles to get a well-rounded perspective.
Nokia to make phone software free, buying out partners in consortium
Nokia Corp is buying the consortium that makes the software for its phones and making it available for free to other manufacturers, in hopes of blunting the influence of competing software providers.
Verizon Wireless says Linux will become preferred software on cell phones
Verizon Wireless is backing LiMo Foundation, a free operating system, that competes with programs from Microsoft, Google and Qualcomm. Funky Phones I Nokia 6220
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