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| Company type | Osakeyhtiö (Limited company) |
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| Predecessor | MeeGo Project by Nokia |
| Founded | Pirkkala, Finland (29 March 2011) |
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| Successor | Jolla Group Ltd. |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Number of employees | 50 employees |
| Website | jolla |
Jolla Oy[1] (sometimes referred to as Jolla Ltd.) is a Finnish technology company; vendor and developer of Sailfish OS.[2] Headquartered in Tampere, Finland, Jolla has its own research and development offices in Helsinki, Tampere and Cyberport, Hong Kong. Jolla was founded in 2011 by former Nokia staff of the MeeGo project team to use the MeeGo opportunities and its "endless possibilities".
Pronounced 'yolla', the company name is Finnish for "dinghy" (a small agile boat or life rescue boat) and it refers to the possibility for the company to compete against giants like Samsung and Apple pictured in antithesis as big cruise ships. Then, the community and the media used the name as an ironic joke about the "burning platform" memo, which contained the metaphor "jump into the cold sea water" or "burn with burning platform" used in context of the Nokia business activities.[3] In 2024, to escape Russia's investors due to the Ukrainian war, the Jolla initial company filed for bankruptcy, continuing its activity under the JollyBoys name.
- ^ "Jolla Oy", Business Information System, the Finnish National Board of Patents and Registration, and the Finnish Tax Administration, archived from the original on July 18, 2012, retrieved July 18, 2012
- ^ Jolla at LinkedIn. "LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Archived from the original on January 14, 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ Zieler, Chris. "Who wants to be the mobile of Google, not Nokia". Archived from the original on July 20, 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2012.