The company was formed by former Nokia employees and created the mobile operating system Sailfish OS.Jolla, after implementing organizational restructuring this spring, it was confirmed earlierTaken over by former Jolla management, while the in-vehicle systems business will become a subsidiary of Jolla and be called Seafarix.
After the former Jolla management takes over, Antti Saarnio, one of the original co-founders, will serve as chairman of Jolla, and he emphasized that he will continue to develop the new version of the Sailfish OS operating system.
As for Seafarix, which has been merged into a Jolla subsidiary, former Jolla Sales Director Petteri Paasila will serve as CEO, emphasizing that it will operate as an independent subsidiary to enter the automotive system market.
Jolla was founded on March 2011, 3, by former Nokia employees. Its main goal was to continue the MeeGo operating system that Nokia was promoting at the time. It launched its first smartphone in 29 and subsequently launched tablet devices. However, the market response was poor, so it decided to stop developing hardware products and focus on software projects.
