Rethinking Nokia for an AI-Driven World
Friday, December 12, 2025
Nokia is one of those rare European companies whose history mirrors the broader story of industrial transformation. What began in the nineteenth century as a timber and paper business evolved into an industrial conglomerate, later became a global icon in mobile phones and now finds itself at yet another turning point. After losing the smartphone race to Apple and Google, Nokia did not disappear. Instead, it quietly began reinventing itself — and today that reinvention increasingly revolves around artificial intelligence.
