Kallasvuo's predecessor, Jorma Ollila, visited U.S. network honchos perhaps once every three or four months.

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This year's speakers include Nokia's Jorma Ollila and Romano Prodi, head of the European Commission.

ECONOMIST: Study leave

Jorma Ollila, chairman of Nokia's board of directors, will step down next year, the company has said.

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Mr Ollila, for one, has no illusions about the scale of the challenge.

ECONOMIST: A Finnish fable

Khan added that he met with the Shell chairman, Jorma Ollila, while at Davos and that Shell is committed to a new liquid natural gas terminal for Pakistan.

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As Mr Ollila steps down on June 1st, however, he hands his successor, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, the difficult task of leading Nokia into new markets as the distinction between mobile phones and other consumer-electronics devices becomes increasingly blurred.

ECONOMIST: Face value

Nokia execs including Chief Executive Jorma Ollila indicated in the past that fuel cells were a promising area of development, and in 2004 the company demonstrated a handset powered by methanol, and said it could be available commercially by 2006.

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