# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matti-makkonen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:41:28.702Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matti-makkonen"
name: "Matti Makkonen"
slug: "matti-makkonen"
description: "Matti Makkonen was a Finnish engineer in the field of mobile communications. He was employed by Nokia Networks and the then Telecom Finland, as well as Finnet Oy. Makkonen played a leading role in creating the mobile communication unit of what is today TeliaSonera. In 2008, Makkonen was awarded The Economist Innovation Award in the computing and telecommunications category for his work on text messaging (SMS)."
tagline: "Finnish engineer"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1952-04-16"
deathDate: "2015-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1339285714285714
  historical:           11.14150533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "馬帝·馬柯能"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Matti Makkonen"
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    title: "Matti Makkonen"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Makkonen"
    title: "Matti Makkonen"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Makkonen"
    title: "Matti Makkonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Makkonen"
    title: "Matti Makkonen"
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    title: "Макконен, Матти"
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  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matti_Makkonen"
    title: "Matti Makkonen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump