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Nokia: The Story of the Once-Legendary Phone Maker
Most people who hear the word "Nokia" associate it with mobile phones, but there's a convoluted history to tell since the company's humble beginnings over 150 years...
The biggest draw of this device, however, was that it ran a PEN/GEOS 3.0 operating system that closely emulated the experience of running Windows 95 on a desktop PC, with applications like Notes, Calendar, Calculator, Composer, Serial Terminal, Telnet, and a world time clock. Ericsson and Motorola were similarly concerned of the potential impact on their businesses, so together with Nokia they created a joint venture called Symbian to develop an open mobile operating system that would provide equal opportunity for every player in the phone space. Ollila organized the company into something called a "matrix structure," which essentially meant the formation of four business groups – Mobile Phones, Networks, Multimedia, and Enterprise Solutions – that would share corporate resources and support functions from vertical product lines.
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