Nokia Oyj is a Finnish communications and information technology multinational corporation that is headquartered in Espoo, Finland. Its Nokia Solutions and Networks company provides telecommunications network equipment and services, while Internet services, including applications, games, music, media and messaging, and free-of-charge digital map information and navigation services, are delivered through its wholly owned subsidiary Navteq.
As of 2013, Nokia employed 87,771 people across 120 countries, conducts sales in more than 150 countries and reported annual revenues of around €30 billion. Nokia is a public limited-liability company listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange. It is the world's 274th-largest company measured by 2013 revenues according to the Fortune Global 500.
In 2013, Nokia sold what was once was the world's largest vendor of mobile phones to Microsoft as part of an overall deal totaling €5.44 billion. Stephen Elop, Nokia's former CEO, and several other executives joined Microsoft as part of the deal.
Nokia unveiled its third range on 24 February 2014, the Nokia X family, which run a modified version of the Android operating system. The range includes three mid-tier devices; Nokia X, Nokia X+ and Nokia XL.
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