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Company type | Osakeyhtiö (Limited company) |
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Industry | Mobile operating system |
Predecessor | MeeGo team from Nokia |
Founded | Pirkkala, Finland (29 March 2011 ) |
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Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Products | AppSupport, software for running Android apps on embedded Linux. Sailfish OS, a GNU-based operating system for mobile devices with roots in the MeeGo project. |
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.