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Nokia Chairman Jorma Ollila: "Technology is a Great Equalizer"

Jorma Ollila, the long serving chairman and CEO of Nokia was in Manhattan today for the announcement of the finalists of Finland's Millennium Technology Award. The event took place at the New York Academy of Sciences.

Ollila, who is no longer CEO but holds the title of Chairman at both Nokia and Royal Dutch Shell, was interviewed on stage by Jason Pontin editor of MIT's Technology Review.

In summing the global importance of technology, Ollila told Pontin that "if you apply technology properly, it a great equalizer."

Ollila is Impress with Reuters News Gathering with Nokia Phone

It was a great honor to meet Ollila. I told him how I plan to get a Nokia N95 for my video news gather. He remarked how impressed he's been with the the use of the phone by Reuters correspondents.

Here's a great photo taken this morning by Michael Ian.
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Update: 4.9: Some important developments coming out of Nokia including news today on the Tube, the new touch-controlled mobile device.

Disclosure: Finland's Millennium Technology Prize is a client of Plesser Holland


Posted on Tuesday, April 08, 2008

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• Ollila

[MySipuli]

The american are envy because we speak foreign languages and they don't.

[jonezh]

He's so slow. The... umm... words... come out... umm... so... umm... slowly. You can see the interviewer is getting bored.

[SomeWNB]

@jonahl1

Öhmm.. olet varmasti tietoinen siitä että aika moni suomalainen ääntää englantia ihan samalla (tai suurinpiirtein samalla) tavalla kuin sitä kirjoitetaan, vaan koska hiedän kiellellään kuuluu tehdä niin. Ja tälläisissä tapauksissa ulkomaalaisilla on aika suuria vaikeuksia ymmärtää heitä.

Ja sitten kun suomalaisten kielitaito on verrattavissa muiden pohjoismaalaisten kanssa minä alan olemaan ylpeä suomen kansasta.

[jonahl1]

@SomeWNB Ihan faktana vaan kerron sen, että englantia äidinkielenään puhuvat pitävät yleisesti pidettyä suomalaisaksenttia hyvin ymmärrettävänä. On mielenkiintoista aina lukea, kun joku suomalainen ilmaisee tälläisiä mielipiteitä. Pitäisi mielummin olla ylpeä, että vaikka puhutaan vierasta kieltä niin siinä on mukana areakoodi. Yhdysvaltalaisilla heidän omat aksenttinsa, briteillä omansa, venäläisillä omansa jne.

[elBandito91]

Where did you get that? Are you saying that Ollila is not on "avarage" level at english? Are you saying that all the other businessmen in the world are much much better than him?

Man... go to France, Germany, Spain, Portugal or Italy (the list is long) and you will find out that the knowledge of english is not very common even around Europe.

[SomeWNB]

I'm stupid. And you're Finnish :) enough said.

Do you seriously insist that average english skills aren't essential in the international business world?

If not essential, a good english knowledge certainly helps in almost any situation internationally.

[elBandito91]

What does his status have to do with his ability to speak english? There are many many businessmen in the world who don't speak as good english as him...

You're stupid

[SomeWNB]

Funny how a man of his status is unable to speak english properly. Or even pronounce the word "page".. O.o

Gotta give some credit to Finns, their english always provides a good laugh.

[Patriootti]

He is great great Finnish leader. Wiser than einstein. :D