Nokia, known today as a global player in the telecommunications and consumer electronics industry, had quite a different origin. In 1865, mining engineer Fredrik Idestam established a ground wood pulp ...

Nokia is 150 years old! The Finnish company probably made your first phone, but in its long history it has made everything from paper to rubber boots to gas masks. The company began when fiercesomely ...

On this day in economic and business history ... Fredrik Idestam began building a wood-pulp mill to make paper on the banks of a Finnish river on May 12, 1865. Three years later, demand was high ...

It has been around for 160 years - but a lot of people still have no idea what the brand name 'Nokia' actually stands for. Founded by Finnis miner Fredrik Idestam, Nokia opened in 1865 as a single ...

Nokia began as a paper company. It was 1865, and the mining engineer Fredrik Idestam established a wood pulp mill next to the Tammerkoski Rapids in the southwest of Finland. A few years later, he ...

It's a company which has existed for 160 years - but many people remain unaware of what the name 'Nokia' actually means. Founded by Finnish miner Fredrik Idestam, Nokia was launched in 1865 as a ...

Two years after hitching its fate to Microsoft's Windows Phone software, Nokia collapsed into the arms of the software giant, agreeing to sell its main handset business for 5.44 billion euros ($7.2 ...

Tech fans are only just realising the meaning behind Nokia's name - and just how old the brand is. Launched by Finnish miner Fredrik Idestam, Nokia started out as a single paper mill operation in 1865 ...