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Old 10-13-2004, 04:46 PM   #5 (permalink)
Rodney
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Originally Posted by quicksteal
I'm curious--what has Finland come up with in the world of technology?
They're all over telecom and wireless, software in general, industrial machinery (especially for wood processing), alternative energy, and a bunch of other stuff. Nokia is a Finnish country, for example. Finland one of the most wired countries in the world, for both data and mobile communications. I can't remember exactly, but some vast number of Finns don't even bother with landlines anymore. And there's a ton of other stuff, too. If you're really interested, here's a bloody exhaustive website on the matter:

http://www.hightechfinland.com/2004/general.html
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