Nokia to add open interfaces to its telecom equipment
I&#x27;ve been following Nokia for the past two years and watched the two documentaries about them (they are similar; one has more Finnish). [1] [2]<p>My conclusions about them are this:<p>1. They can become a major player in 5G for Europe.<p>2. The places in Finland where they operated did not become ghost towns as you may have thought.<p>3. They are still very competent. In fact, when their mobile business was bought out by Microsoft, it appears that they were a leader in car navigation systems. Not sure if MS considered that when doing the takeover and not sure whether they took it over.<p>4. They have always been a telecom infrastructure player and become more so after the 2010–2012 fiasco. They were working on Linux derived OSs for phones. I always thought they tanked due to their marriage to Symbian and ignorance towards Android. I am not sure anymore; I have become more old school and like people that write their own code.<p>5. The Finns seem to blame hubris for their downfall. I think even without hubris, you can&#x27;t really compete against countries with a lot of people and low wages.<p>6. Finland remains an awesome country. Their engineers are probably better than Germans, but they are 1&#x2F;10th in number. (Sorry, I like to take on the Germans in a challenge. Maybe it&#x27;s because they are actually something to take on?)<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.imdb.com&#x2F;title&#x2F;tt5654050&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.imdb.com&#x2F;title&#x2F;tt5654050&#x2F;</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.imdb.com&#x2F;title&#x2F;tt8717008&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.imdb.com&#x2F;title&#x2F;tt8717008&#x2F;</a>