nokia first gsm mobile

The Nokia 1011 was the first mass-produced GSM phone. It was sold also as Mobira Cityman 2000. The typenumer refers to the launch date, 10 November 1992.

The black handset measured 195 x 60 x 45mm and featured a monochrome display and an extendable antenna. The memory could hold 99 phone numbers. It did not yet employ Nokia's characteristic ringtone: that was only introduced in 1994. The phone operated in the 900 MHz band. It costed about 2500 DM[2]

The Nokia 1011 continued production until 1994, when it introduced the Nokia 2110 model as successor.

about nokia

The first Nokia century began with Fredrik Idestam's paper mill on the banks of the Nokianvirta river. Between 1865 and 1967, the company would become a major industrial force; but it took a merger with a cable company and a rubber firm to set the new Nokia Corporation on the path to electronics...

1865: The birth of Nokia
Fredrik Idestam establishes a paper mill at the Tammerkoski Rapids in south-western Finland, where the Nokia story begins.

1898: Finnish Rubber Works founded
Eduard Polón founds Finnish Rubber Works, which will later become Nokia's rubber business.

1912: Finnish Cable Works founded
Arvid Wickström starts Finnish Cable Works, the foundation of Nokia's cable and electronics businesses.

1937: Verner Weckman, industry heavyweight
Former Olympic wrestler Verner Weckman becomes President of Finnish Cable Works.

1960: First electronics department
Cable Works establishes its first electronics department, selling and operating computers.

1962: First in-house electrical device
The Cable Works electronics department produces its first in-house electrical device - a pulse analyzer for nuclear power plants.

1967: The merger
Nokia Ab, Finnish Rubber Works and Finnish Cable works formally merge to create Nokia Corporation.

nokia mobira series in 1984

Mobira began developing mobile ... the Mobira Senator for NMT-450 networks. ... The Mobira Talkman, launched in 1984, was one of the world's first ...

The Nokia Cityman was Nokia's first hand held mobile phone. The Motorola 8000X might have been the first mobile phone, but the Nokia or Mobira Cityman was definitely the most stylish cell phone of the 80s.

Nokia, from Finland, brought a Scandinavian love of design to the mobile phone industry. The Nokia Cityman became a desirable accessory.

The Nokia company originally made pulp, rope cable and rubber. The branch into mobile communications began in the 70s. Nokia formed a joint venture with Salora Oy to form Mobira. The original Nokia phones were branded Mobira.

Nokia's first ever mobile phone was the Mobira Senator which was made from the Nordic Mobile Telephony (NMT) system as early as 1982. The Nordic countries were well in advance of the UK in the development of mobile phone technology. The Mobira Cityman 900 was the first handheld mobile phone developed for the NMT system.

It was the Nokia Cityman that established Nokia's reputation for high quality, well designed and highly desirable mobile phones. The original Nokia Cityman was manufactured in three guises:

Mobira Cityman 450	NMT-450
Mobira Cityman 900	NMT-900
Nokia Cityman 1320	TACS

The first two were designed for the Nordic Mobile Telephony system, NMT. There were two frequencies by 1987: 450MHz and 900MHz. The Nokia Cityman 1320, which was also marketed as the Mobira Cityman 1320, was developed for the TACS system used in the UK and other European countries.

The Mobira Cityman 450 and 900 had a different shaped buttons to the 1320 and different text on the buttons.

What distinguished the Nokia Cityman from its competitors was the design. Smaller and lighter than the Motorola 8000 series, the Nokia Cityman was packaged in a neat functional box in dark matt grey. In the 80s this style signalled high tech seriousness; think about other high end electronics such as hifi or cameras from that era.

The Nokia Cityman was also known as the Mobira Cityman. I have seen phones branded with both names.

By 1988 Nokia had 13.5% of the world's cellular phone market and 10% of the UK market. For a relatively unknown Finnish company these results were amazing.

Nokia Cityman 100

The original Cityman style stayed in the 80s. Nokia launched two new Cityman phones in 1990, the Nokia Cityman 100 and 190. The 190 was sold as the 150 from the NMT network.

first phone in nokia

Do you remeber this nice little Nokia The Mobira Talkman 450 car phone FOR NMT networks, manufactured during 1986 - 1992. This phone was used IN large amounts IN ALL Nordic countries. The NMT450 phones can also be FOUND IN the Czech Republic, Holland AND Hungary. You cannot play games, download ringtones OR browse the web WITH this phone.AND it´s virus protected without ANY software.

The Talkman IS FOR making phone calls AND talking! Ithink it didn´t have ANY games OR wallpapers. It had one ringrone though! I know a guy who always had this phone IN his backpack - it was the FIRST REAL mobile phone I have seen.

One YEAR later Nokia introduced the Nokia Nokia Cityman 450. This was a REAL lightweight phone :-). I think this was the world's FIRST NMT handportable

This phone was also called "Gorba" after the photo below.



The Mobira Senator, launched IN 1982, was propably "the grand-daddy" OF today's cell phones. The Senator looks LIKE the Talkman - a handset connected TO a brick-LIKE battery AND a handle ON top. The senator weighed a little MORE than the mobiles OF today, 9.8 kilos. Today, a typical cell phone IS a hundredth OF this (100 grams OR less). This 99% weight reduction has been achieved largely through advances IN battery technology AND the lithium-ion rechargeable battery.

One can say that the Lithium-ion battery IS the OF the digital revolution. They power cell phones, MP3 music players, digi cameras, laptops AND other gadgets