Finnish drama Mobile 101 explores rise and fall of Nokia
David rarely slays Goliath in the tech world but, as the new Channel 4 drama Mobile 101 reminds us, sometimes the little guy can triumph, at least for a time.
The six-part Finnish series tells how Nokia – at the time almost unknown outside its native Finland and largely known there for making rubber boots – took on the US giant Motorola, built an iconic phone and became the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer.