wood-pulp (from river Emkoski), merged up and started sellinggoods under the brand name on Nokia. After World War II, itacquired a major part of the Finnish Cable Works shares. TheFinnish Cable Works had grown quickly due to the increasingneed for power transmission and telegraph and telephonenetworks in the World War II. Gradually the ownership of theRubber Works and the Cable Works companies consolidated. In1967, all the 3 companies merged-up to form the Nokia Group.The Electronics Department generated 3 % of the Group's netsales and provided work for 460 people in 1967, when theNokia Group was formed.At the same time, new legislation allowed the Finnishtelecommunications authorities to set up a mobile network forcar phones that was connected to the public network. Theresult was Nordic Mobile Telephony (NMT). Opening in 1981,NMT was the world's first multinational cellular network.During the following decade, NMT was introduced in manyother countries and launched the rapid expansion of the mobilephone industry. At the end of the 1980s a common standard fordigital mobile telephony was developed. This standard isknown as GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications). In1991 Nokia made agreements to supply GSM networks to nineEuropean countries and by August 1997 Nokia had suppliedGSM systems to 59 operators in 31 countries.In1988, in Nordic countries Nokia was a large televisionmanufacturer and the largest information technology company.in 1980s nokia expanded there business sectors and products.The strategy was to expand rapidly on all fronts. Nokia came toits feet quickly as the company started streamlining itsbusinesses. In May 1992 Nokia made the strategic decision todivest its non-core operations and focus ontelecommunications. The company's 2100 series phone was anincredible success. In 1994, Nokia sold 20 million handsets thegoal was to sell 500,000 units. It has been rumored that agroup of businessmen tried to offer Nokia to the swedishtelecom company Ericsson during the recession (1990s).It has been rumored that a group of businessmen tried to offerNokia to the swedish telecom company Ericsson during the
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