History and Development of the Nokia

Nokia is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile devices and a leader in mobile networks. Nokia connects people to each other and the information that matters to them with mobile devices and solutions for voice, data, imaging, games, multimedia and business applications. We also provide equipment, solutions and services for our operator and enterprise customers. For 2004, Nokia's net sales totaled EUR 29.3 billion (USD 39.6 billion) and net profit was EUR 3.2 billion (USD 4.3 billion). At the end of 2004, we employed 55,505 people and had production facilities in nine countries, research and development in 12 countries, sales in over 130 countries, and a global network of sales, customer service and other operational units.