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JoeWhy2 t1_jcgdjza wrote

50+ year old Scandinavian here. We were kind of surprised to see Nokia enter the cellphone market. Before that, we knew the company for rubber boots.

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PaulWalkerTexasRangr t1_jcgfyvz wrote

Pirelli also made telecom equipment for a while. There was a lot of overlap between rubber products and telephone supplies in the early copper days, because of the need for insulation.

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