Nokia’s New Dallas HQ Designed by CallisonRTKL
Nokia Corporation is a 155-year-old Finnish multinational with 2019 revenues of around 23B Euros (~US$26B). This may come as a surprise to many who were more aware of Nokia in the pre-iPhone days when it was the biggest player in the mobile phone market. But Nokia’s Android phones are still a major player in the global mobile phone market and Nokia has always been much bigger than just mobile phones. Wikipedia defines Nokia as a “Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics company.” Being a global leader in 5G tech, its Q1 2020 Financial Report makes it clear the company’s strategy going forward is concentrated on the hardware and software required for networking and for the Internet of Things (IoT). Almost from the start of its long history, Nokia has actively bought companies and integrated them into its corporate family. In 2015 it bought Alacatel-Lucent and that acquisition triggered the need to consolidate its …