Did you know that Nokia once one of the world's most famous mobile phone brands is named after a small Finnish town of the same name.
Once a buzzing town, now there are hardly any signs that this was the place that changed the face of the mobile industry in the late 1990s as well as helped Finland's economy to grow into one of the most prosperous in the world.
In the early 2000s, when Nokia was at its peak, it supplied 40% of the world mobile phones, thus Finland's first globally recognised consumer brand Nokia was created.
The impact of growth was greater at home. According to the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy Nokia contributed a quarter of Finland' growth between 1998 and 2007.
When Nokia's dominance of mobile phone industry came crashing down, the country was going through the longest recession in the country history.
But here is what happens when a big mobile giant fails.
Read the entire article at BBC.com
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