What is "Nokia"?
1 . Based in Espoo, Finland, Nokia is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones. Nokia focuses on UMTS and GSM handsets and produces relatively few CDMA handsets. At one time the company had agreed to spin off its CDMA business into a joint venture with Japan's Sanyo, a major manufacturer of CDMA handsets, in order to strengthen its position in the North American market. That deal eventually fell through. Currently Nokia rebadges some phone models produced by Korea's Pantech as Nokia devices for Verizon Wireless in the United States.
What Is ''Samsung'' ?
Samsung was founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company. Over the next three decades the group diversified into areas including food processing, textiles, insurance, securities and retail. Samsung entered the electronics industry in the late 1960s and the construction and shipbuilding industries in the mid-1970s; these areas would drive its subsequent growth. Following Lee's death in 1987, Samsung was separated into four business groups – Samsung Group, Shinsegae Group, CJ Group and Hansol Group. Since the 1990s Samsung has increasingly globalized its activities, and electronics, particularly mobile phones and semiconductors, have become its most important source of income.
Samsung was founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company. Over the next three decades the group diversified into areas including food processing, textiles, insurance, securities and retail. Samsung entered the electronics industry in the late 1960s and the construction and shipbuilding industries in the mid-1970s; these areas would drive its subsequent growth. Following Lee's death in 1987, Samsung was separated into four business groups – Samsung Group, Shinsegae Group, CJ Group and Hansol Group. Since the 1990s Samsung has increasingly globalized its activities, and electronics, particularly mobile phones and semiconductors, have become its most important source of income.
