20 Facts About Nokia

1. In October 2009, Nokia filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc in the US District Court of Delaware claiming that Apple infringed on 10 of its patents related to wireless communication including data transfer.

2. In July 2009, Nokia began to experience a boycott of their products and services in Iran.

3. In 2007, Nokia had a market capitalization of €110 billion; by 17 July 2012 this had fallen to €6.28 billion, and by 23 February 2015, it increased to €26.07 billion.

4. On 7 May 2018, Nokia announced that it has acquired a California based IoT startup, SpaceTime Insight.

5. On 19 January 2018, Nokia signed a deal with NTT Docomo, Japan's largest mobile operator, to provide 5G wireless radio base stations in the country by 2020.

6. In 2017, Nokia's brand value jumped 147 places to 188th place compared to 2016 in the Brand Finance ranking.

7. In February 2017 Nokia carried out a 5G connection in Oulu, Finland using the 5GTF standard, backed by Verizon, on Intel architecture-based equipment.

8. On 28 June 2016 Nokia demonstrated for the first time a 5G-ready network.

9. On 26 April 2016, Nokia announced its intent to acquire French connected health device maker Withings for US$191 million.

10. On 28 July 2015, Nokia announced OZO, a 360-degrees virtual reality camera, with eight 2K optical image sensors.

11. On 1 August 2011, Nokia announced that it would adopt a new three-digit naming system for mobile phone products and stop using letters, effectively ending the Nseries, Eseries, and short-lived Cseries.

12. In March 2011, Nokia introduced a new corporate typeface called "Pure".

13. Around this time Nokia started a new project codenamed "Meltemi", a platform for low-end smartphones.

14. On 11 February 2011, Nokia announced a "strategic partnership" with Microsoft, under which it would adopt Windows Phone 7 as its primary operating system on smartphones, and integrate its services and platforms with its own, including Bing as search engine, and integration of Nokia Maps data into Bing Maps.

15. In November 2008 Nokia announced it would end mobile phone sales in Japan because of low market share.

16. In 2005 Nokia developed a Linux-based operating system called Maemo, which shipped that year on the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet.

17. In 2002, Nokia attempted to break into the handheld gaming market with the N-Gage.

18. On 26 April 2001 Nokia partnered with Telefonica to supply DSL modems and routers in Spain.

19. On 1 April 1988 Nokia bought the computer division of Ericsson's Information Systems, which originated as a computer division of Swedish aircraft and car manufacturer Saab called Datasaab.

20. In 1987, Nokia acquired Schaub-Lorenz, the consumer operations of Germany's Standard Elektrik Lorenz, which included its "Schaub-Lorenz" and "Graetz" brands.