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Nokia is founded in southern Finland by engineer Fredrik Idestam as a wood-pulp mill, which manufactures paper.
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Nokia makes radio telephones for the army and emergency responders.
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Nokia introduces its first handheld mobile phone, the Mobira Cityman, weighing 1.7 pounds.
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Nokia decides to focus entirely on mobile phones and network infrastructure, setting a course to gradually exit its rubber, cable and consumer-electronics businesses.
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Nokia introduces the 2110, the first of the company's mobile phones to carry its signature ringtone.
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Nokia becomes the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer - a position it will hold for the next 14 consecutive years.
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Nokia releases the 3210, one of the most popular and successful phones in history, selling 160 million units. It is succeeded the following year by the 3310, which has since received arguably the biggest cult status of a mobile phone, and is still widely acclaimed today.
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Nokia release the brilliant 6650, allowing users to browse the web.
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Nokia launches its Nokia 1100 handset. With over 200 million units shipped, it was the best-selling mobile phone of all time and the world's top-selling consumer electronics product.
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Nokia introduces its N-series smartphones, allowing users to listen to music, take pictures, play games, and access the internet from their phone. The first three phones of the series are the N70, N90, and N91.
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Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo becomes president and CEO of Nokia.
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Nokia credited as 5th most valued brand in the world.
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Nokia posts its first quarterly loss in more than a decade – a year after handset maker HTC releases the HTC Dream, the first phone using Google’s Android operating system. Nearly 60 percent of smartphones today are powered by Android.
