Fallen smartphone brand Nokia challenges Apple, Samsung again

Refusing to go away: The Nokia name is still on a tenth of the feature phones sold around the world.

FRANKFURT/HELSINKI: Nokia smartphones are poised for a comeback after former managers at the Finnish company licensed the handset brand from Microsoft and struck up partnerships with Google and phone manufacturer Foxconn.

Nokia was once the world's dominant cellphone maker but missed the shift to smartphones and then chose Microsoft's unpopular Windows operating system for its "Lumia" range.