Did you know: Nokia turns 150 years old today

Did you know: Nokia turns 150 years old today:

Nokia might have sold its phone division to Microsoft, but the company retains its networking and mapping business, and it’s still in business after… 150 years.



Yes, it’s been 150 years since Nokia was set up in 1865 as a wood pulp mill in Finland near the Nokianvirta river. It started off making paper that it sold to Russia, the UK and France. It later evolved to make rubber (you can still see Nokian car tires), and after World War Two Nokia made the most crucial investment in its history by buying Finnish Cable Works.



In the late sixties, three companies joined to form Nokia Group, ...