Editing Nokia (section)

=== 1967–1990 ===
[[File:Patteriston komentopaikka Hämeenlinna 4.JPG|thumb|left|LV 317M military radio in the Hämeenlinna artillery museum]]
[[File:Nokian Boots (2).jpg|thumb|[[Nokian Footwear|Nokian rubber boots]]]]
In 1967, the three companies – Nokia, Kaapelitehdas, and [[Nokian Footwear|Finnish Rubber Works]] – merged to create a new Nokia Corporation, restructured into four major businesses: forestry, cable, rubber, and electronics. In the early 1970s, it entered the networking and radio industries. Nokia started making military equipment for [[Finnish Defence Forces|Finland's defence forces]] (''Puolustusvoimat''), such as the [[Sanomalaite M/90]] communicator in 1983, and the [[M61 gas mask]] first developed in the 1960s. Nokia was now also making [[professional mobile radio]]s, [[Telephone switchboard|telephone switches]], [[capacitor]]s and [[Chemical substance|chemicals]].

After Finland's trade agreement with the [[Soviet Union]] in the 1960s, Nokia expanded into the Soviet market. It soon widened trade, ranging from automatic [[telephone exchange]]s to [[robotics]] among others; by the late 1970s, the Soviet Union became a major market for Nokia, yielding high profits. The U.S. government became increasingly concerned of the possible export of items it deemed as high technology, such as digital telephone exchanges, to the Soviet Union in the 1980s. This led to Finland entering the [[Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls]] in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/us_threatened_to_block_finnish_arms_deal_over_high-tech_exports_in_1980s/5710542|title=U.S. Threatened to Block Finnish Arms Deal Over High-Tech Exports in 1980's|website=Yle Uutiset|date=3 January 2009}}</ref> This was a demonstration of Finland balancing between both sides, as it was neutral during the Cold War.

In 1977, [[Kari Kairamo]] became CEO and transformed the company's businesses. By this time, Finland was becoming what has been called "Nordic Japan".{{by whom|date=August 2021}} Under his leadership, Nokia acquired many companies, including television maker [[Salora Oy|Salora]] in 1984, followed by Swedish electronics and computer maker [[Luxor AB]] in 1985, and French television maker Oceanic in 1987. This made Nokia the third-largest television manufacturer of Europe (behind [[Philips]] and [[Vantiva|Thomson]]). The existing brands continued to be used until the end of the television business in 1996.

[[File:Nokia Mikko display and keyboard.JPG|thumb|left|Nokia Mikko 3 minicomputer, 1978]]
[[File:Mobira Cityman 450.JPG|thumb|upright|Mobira Cityman 450, 1985]]
In 1987, Nokia acquired Schaub-Lorenz, the consumer operations of Germany's [[C. Lorenz AG|Standard Elektrik Lorenz]] (SEL), which included its "Schaub-Lorenz" and "Graetz" brands. It was originally part of American conglomerate [[ITT Inc.|International Telephone & Telegraph]] (ITT), and after the acquisition products were sold under the "ITT Nokia" brand, despite SEL's sale to Compagnie Générale d'Electricité (CGE), the predecessor of [[Alcatel-Lucent|Alcatel]], in 1986.

In 1987, [[Kaapelitehdas]] discontinued production of cables at its [[Helsinki]] factory after 44 years, effectively shutting down the sub-company.

On 1 April 1988, Nokia bought the Information Systems division of [[Ericsson]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/21/business/company-news-nokia-oy-buys-stake-in-ericsson.html|title=COMPANY NEWS; Nokia Oy Buys Stake in Ericsson|agency=Reuters|date=21 January 1988|work=The New York Times|access-date=14 August 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> which had originated as the [[Datasaab]] computer division of Swedish aircraft and car manufacturer [[Saab AB|Saab]]. Ericsson Information Systems made [[Alfaskop]] terminals, [[typewriter]]s, [[minicomputer]]s and Ericsson-branded [[IBM PC compatible|IBM compatible PCs]]. The merger with Nokia's Information Systems division—which since 1981 had a line of personal computers called [[MikroMikko]]—resulted in the name Nokia Data.

[[File:Mobile_phones_in_the_Museum_of_Technology,_Helsinki.jpg|thumb|left|Various Mobira phones on display in a museum in Helsinki, Finland. The Mobira Senator (first from the left), was one of the first phones compatible with the NMT-network. It weighed around 9.8 kg (22 lb).]]

Nokia also acquired Mobira, a [[mobile radio telephone]] manufacturer that had been established in a [[joint venture]] with [[Salora Oy]] in 1979, which became the foundation of its future mobile phone business. In 1981, Mobira launched the [[Nordic Mobile Telephone]] (NMT) service, the world's first international cellular network and the first to allow international [[roaming]]. In 1982, Mobira launched the [[List of Nokia products|Mobira Senator]] car phone, Nokia's first mobile phone. At that time, the company had no interest in producing mobile phones, which the executive board regarded as akin to [[James Bond (literary character)|James Bond]]'s gadgets: improbably futuristic and niche devices. After all these acquisitions, Nokia's revenue base became US$2.7 billion.

CEO Kairamo killed himself on 11 December 1988.

<gallery>
Mobira 800-NDB.JPG|Mobira 800-NDB non-directional beacon located in the Finnish Air Force signals museum
Lasersuunnin merivoimien vuosipäivä 2013 Kotka 3.JPG|Nokia MAC 8532 laser rangefinder previously used by Finnish coastal artillery
Patteriston komentopaikka Hämeenlinna 2.JPG|Hämeenlinna artillery museum display containing fire control officer with Nokia artillery calculator in Finnish artillery battalion command post
MikroMikko 4 TT m216 Tekniikan museo 02.jpg|Late 1980s MikroMikko 4 TT m216 desktop computer in the Museum of Technology, Helsinki, Finland
Itt-nokia television and vhs-video.jpeg|ITT Nokia television with an ITT Nokia VCR (ITT/SEL)
Mobira kaukohakulaite.png|A 1986 Mobira pager
</gallery>