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As a way to work out the frustrations of modern life, the town of Savonlinna in southeast Finland holds an annual Mobile Phone Throwing Competition in order to recycle old handsets and have a little fun in the process.
BBC: Mobile phones take flight in Finland
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The big buzz is about Telia's ambitions to acquire Finland's ailing Sonera mobile group, Denmark's TDC or both.
FORBES: Taking on Telia
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Famous for an annual wife-carrying competition, for regular success at the world air-guitar championship and record-breaking hurling of rubber boots and mobile phones, Finland can now claim another accolade: its citizens are reportedly the world's keenest pranksters.
ECONOMIST: Finland leads the world in weird sports and pranks
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Finland has more Internet users and mobile phones per head than America.
ECONOMIST: Letters
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There is an annualized -12% decline in mobile minutes consumed by iPhone users in Finland vs. a -7% decline in America.
FORBES: iPhone Users Showing Very Different Texting Declines in USA vs. Europe
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In some beauty contests, such as those held for mobile-phone licences in Spain and Finland, the government has made next to no money at all.
ECONOMIST: What am I bid?
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One of the hit-makers in the mobile-game industry once again hails from Finland, but Supercell is making money with cows and dragons instead of Angry Birds.
WSJ: What's News
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Espoo, Finland - Nokia Siemens Networks today announced its strategy to focus on mobile broadband and services and the launch of an extensive global restructuring program.
ENGADGET: Nokia Siemens to cut 17,000 jobs as part of global restructuring
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And Intel even agreed to help fund a mobile device lab with Nokia ( NOK) in Oulu, Finland, in recent weeks.
FORBES: Intel Needs To Get A Grip On Smart Devices
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In just two years, URHOtv, a subsidiary of Parsifal, has become the leading sports TV service in Finland with a unique offering covering linear pay TV, web TV and mobile.
ENGADGET: HBO and Fox cut a deal to keep the movies flowing through 2022, HBO Nordic launches soon