Microsoft & Nokia

Nokia

Sep 4, 1970

Nokia 4 September 1970, Finnish multinational DX 200

Timespan of Companies

Period: Sep 4, 1970 to Sep 4, 2013

Microsoft

Sep 4, 1980

4 Spetember 1980 Microsoft partners with IBM

Nokia

Sep 4, 1989

8 March 1989 GSM network

Microsoft

Jan 13, 2000

Steve Balmer is named president of Microsoft

Nokia

Nov 7, 2004

Sales plummeted from 51% to 32.6% in 2004

Microsoft

Nov 7, 2005

Microsoft lauches Xbox 360

Nokia

Dec 1, 2008

Only one and five people own Nokia phones by this time

Microsft and Nokia

Sep 2, 2013

Microsoft buys Nokia for 7.2 billion dollars