ducts combine imaging with games, music and other content, reflected in products such as the 7700 media device, the 6600 imaging phone, the 7600 3G phone and the N-Gage handheld game deck. Enterprise solutions provides businesses with mobile phones, and focuses on various types of business equipment, IP network security and other mobile connectivity products. The company also has a venture capital division, which focuses on investing in mobile technology companies. From pulp to PDAs Nokia's history can be traced back to a wood pulp mill established by Fredrik Idestam in Finland in 1865. The company really started to take off around the turn of the century, however, as it began to get into the electricity generation business. At about the same time, another young company, The Finnish Rubber Works, acquired a controlling interest in Nokia Ab in 1918. In 1922, The Finnish Rubber Works bought the Finnish Cable Works, which gave the company a virtual monopoly on telephone cables throughout the country. In 1966 Nokia finally began to assume the form we see today when Nokia, The Finnish Rubber Works and the Finnish Cable Works were officially merged into the forestry company Nokia Ab. In reality, these companies had been operating together as a loose group since 1922, after the Rubber Works had acquired a majority in both the forestry company and the Cable Works. Mid-century growth After the big 1966 merger, Nokia ramped up the international focus of each of its business areas: rubber, cable and forestry industries, electricity generation and electronics. The company then turned its eye on expansion through corporate Visit Vault at www.vault.com for insider company profiles, expert advice, VAULT CAREER career message boards, expert resume reviews, the Vault Job Board and more. LIBRARY Vault Guide to the Top Telecom Employers Nokia Corporation acquisitions - becoming the European market leader in several fields, such as the rubber industry and TV set manufacturing. Although the new Nokia group already had five businesses