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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by riffraff on Saturday June 12, 2021 @05:15AM (#27482985)
Europe gave us GSM[0]. At a time when everyone in Europe had a GSM phone penetration in the US was embarassingly low.

It's hard to remember now, but Nokia exploded in the consumer market at a time when mobile phones were still niche in the US.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM

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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by midasuni on Saturday June 12, 2021 @06:15AM (#27483305)
Back in 2000 everyone and his dog had a payg Nokia 3310 in the U.K.

The US was (as always) late to the party, arrived in force, drove everyone else away, then claimed it was their party all along.

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