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The company was operating in 140 countries as of 1999. It was reported at the time that some people believed Nokia to be a Japanese company. [54] Between 1996 and 2001, Nokia's turnover increased fivefold, from €6.5 billion to €31 billion. [55]
The name "Nokia" is derived from the town of Nokia, Finland and the nearby Nokianvirta River, which was located next to the company’s original factory. The commercial entities that preceded the modern-day Nokia company included Nokia Ab (Nokia company); Suomen Gummitehdas Oy (Finnish Rubber Works Ltd); and Suomen Kaapelitehdas Oy (Finnish Cable Works Ltd).
On January 26, 2012, the European Union approved the buyout. On February 16, 2012, Sony announced it had completed the full acquisition of Sony Ericsson. On January 7, 2013, Sony Mobile completed moving its headquarters from Lund, Sweden to Tokyo, Japan in order to fully integrate with its parent company. Switzerland: Ascom Taiwan: Gigabyte ...
This list displays all 45 Japanese companies that are in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2021. [1] Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each ...
Nokia discontinued development of mobile phones for the Japanese market in 2009. [11] The DoCoMo M702iS, released in December 2006, was the last Motorola phone launched in Japan until their return to the market in 2011. Japanese manufacturers have had difficulty marketing their phones overseas.
The Nokia 6000 series is Nokia's largest family of phones. It consists mostly of mid-range to high-end phones (many of which are Symbian smartphones) containing a wider number of features. The 6000 series is notable for their conservative, unisex designs, which makes them popular among business users.
Nokia Corporation United States — [51] 23 3 November 2003: Tahoe Networks Nokia Networks United States — [52] 22 19 August 2003: Sega.com Inc. Nokia Mobile Phones United States — [53] [54] 21 22 April 2003: Eizel Technologies Nokia Internet Communications United States: $21 [55] [56] 20 22 May 2002: Redback Networks Inc. Nokia Networks ...
This is a list of notable companies based in Japan. For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations, see " Business entities in Japan ". Note that 株式会社 can be (and frequently is) read both kabushiki kaisha and kabushiki gaisha (with or without a hyphen).