Monday, December 22, 2008

Nokia Acquistions Through the Decade

7248800020 A Brief overview of Nokia’s acquisitions in the past decade which has enabled it to bring out new technologies and applications such as Nokia Maps ( NavTeq and Gate 5)  , OVI suite of experience appliations ( Twango ,Loudeye etc).

Period Company Technology
Dec 2008 Symbian Base Software
Nov 2008 Oz Communications Mobile Internet /  Integrated Messaging and Email
July 2008 Plazes Location Sharing
July 2008 NavTeq Mapping
June 2008 Trolltech Cross-platform software strategy
Dec 2007 Avvenu Remote Access of Files
Oct 2007 Enpocket Mobile Adverts and Mktg
July 2007 Twango Online Media Sharing
Oct 2006 Loudeye Corp Digital Music Services
Oct 2006 Gate 5 AG Mapping and Navigation
June 2006 LLC Int’l US div. U.S Deployment Business
Feb 2006 Intellisync Wireless Messaging 
Oct 2004 Metrowerks Corp Symbian App development Took
Nov 2003 Tahoe Networks Mobile Packet Core Networks
Aug 2003 Sega.com Inc Gaming , N-Gage platform
April 2003 Eizel Technologies Converts Info into Mobile format
May 2002 Redback Networks Wireless intelligent edge and broadband access products
July 2001 Amber Networks Fault-Tolerant Edge Routers
June 2001 F5 Networks Internet Traffic Management Solutions
Dec 2000 Ramp Networks IP Network Security solutions
Oct 2000 DiscoveryCom Inc. DSL based loop management and related competencies
Feb 2000 Network Alchemy IP Clustering Technology
Dec 1999 TeamWare - Partial Security Software
Oct 1999 Telekol Group Intelligent corporate communications solutions including WLAN and IP Telephony
Sep 1999 Rooftop Comm. Corp IP wireless bypass technology
June 1999 Aircom Int’l PC-based network planning system
May 1999 TeamWare – R&D R & D
Feb 1999 InTalk Corp development of wireless LAN access point products
Feb 1999 Diamond Lane Com. multi-service digital subscriber line access multiplexer
Dec 1998 Vienna Systems Corp Internet Protocol (IP) telephony company
Sep 1998 NE-Products Oy wireless payphones
Aug 1998 User Interface Design Multimedia ,  DVB Services
June 1998 Matra  Nortel Comm. GSM Terminal R&D-  Smart Traffic Products
Dec 1997 Ipsilon Networks IP Switching

So a total of 34 companies jointly provides the software and hardware we enjoy today .  One company cannot do that it was Nokia’s futurecentric purchaases which makes it soo great .

Looking into the past to Gaze into the Future

Farhan

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