Nokia Research Center celebrates twenty years of innovation

Nokia Research Center celebrates twenty years of innovation

Nokia’s corporate research unit, Nokia Research Center, celebrates today its 20th anniversary at its global headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. Established in 1986, the research center today employs a diverse group of 1,100 researchers located in Finland, China, Germany, Hungary, Japan and the United States.

Nokia Research Center’s work has been at the core of many fundamental telecommunications milestones such as GSM standardization and development, SMS systems, 3G evolution and recently the mobile-TV technology standard DVB-H. It has also carried out instrumental research in mobile multimedia, with major contribution to Java Mobile Media API (JSR-135), M3G Mobile 3D graphics, and audio and video codecs, such as AAC and AMR-WB+. With research work encompassing diverse fields from mobile and IP networks, electronics, software and application development to artificial intelligence, Nokia Research Center is truly a house of experts. It is also a major contributor to Nokia’s patent portfolio, with approximately half of Nokia’s essential patents originating from Nokia Research Center.

In a competitive market and a fast paced technology race, Nokia Research Center has a crucial role to play to renew and reinvent Nokia. Convergence of different industries and the digitalization of experiences represent a huge potential for rich customer experiences and new business. The role of the research center is, together with Nokia’s business groups, to identify future technology opportunities and assess the best technology paths for Nokia.

“Nokia Research Center has much to celebrate today. For twenty years now, the researchers of Nokia Research Center have worked to solve hard problems and make technology simple to use and a great experience,” said Dr. Bob Iannucci, Head of Nokia Research Center. “Now we are focusing on creating the next wave of mobile internet technologies, systems and solutions that will change the way people communicate in the future.”

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