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.
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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).
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