The company currently focuses on large-scale telecommunications infrastructures,

technology development and licensing, and online mapping services.[6] Nokia was
also a significant contributor to the mobile telephony industry, having assiste
d in development of the GSM standards, and was, for a period, the largest vendor
of mobile phones in the world. Nokia's dominance also extended into the smartph
one industry through its Symbian platform, but it was soon overshadowed by the g
rowing dominance of Apple's iPhone line and Android devices. Nokia eventually en
tered into a pact with Microsoft in 2011 to exclusively use its Windows Phone pl
atform on future smartphones.
In September 2013, Microsoft announced that it would acquire Nokia's mobile phon
e business as part of an overall deal totaling 5.44 billion (US$7.17 billion). St
ephen Elop, Nokia's former CEO, and several other executives joined the new Micr
osoft Mobile subsidiary of Microsoft as part of the deal, which was completed on
25 April 2014.[7][8]
In November 2014, following the Microsoft sale, Nokia announced plans to license
product designs and technologies to third-party manufacturers, primarily to ena
ble a continued presence for the Nokia brand in the consumer market