Nokia was once the dominant mobile phone brand, holding 38% of the global market share in 2009. However, its market share declined as smartphones became popular and it faced strong competition from Apple and Android-powered phones. In 2016, HMD Global was formed to license the Nokia brand and produce new Nokia-branded smartphones running Android, aiming to regain market share lost by Nokia years earlier. The document provides background on Nokia's history as a telecommunications company, its strengths and weaknesses, and the opportunities and threats in the mobile phone industry.