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= Nokia and Qt =
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== Nokia in the Qt Project ==

* Nokia was and is the main promoter of http://qt.io - putting also significant effort in bringing more active contributors for the good of the Qt community.
* Nokia is the number 1 code contributor to the Qt Project. [http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/12/22/qt-5-–-a-look-back-at-the-numbers/ source] 
* A big majority of Qt Project maintainers and approvers are employed by Nokia. [http://wiki.qt.io/Who_does_what source]
* Nokia is currently the main contributor of legal resources to define and protect the Qt trademark, licensing and Contributor License Agreement. [http://qt.io/legal.html source]
* Nokia is a relevant customer for many companies active in the [http://qt.nokia.com/partners/ Qt Partners] network and the Qt Project.
* Nokia is the main funder of Qt training courses and materials, the [http://qt.nokia.com/learning/certification/ Qt Certification] and [http://qt.nokia.com/qt-in-use/ambassadors/qtambassador/ Qt Ambassadors] program.
* Nokia has a team of consultants supporting key Qt users (mostly companies using Qt for non-mobile products) and encouraging them to become active contributors to the Qt Project. [http://qt.nokia.com/qt-in-use/ source]
* The [http://wiki.qt.io/Infrastructure Qt Project infrastructure] is currently funded by Nokia.
* Nokia is the main sponsor and contributes most of the resources for organizing [http://qt.io/groups/qt-contributors-summit-2012/wiki Qt Contributors Summit] and [http://qt.nokia.com/qtdevdays2011/ Qt Developer Days] 
* Nokia is helping in experimental activities around Qt 5 such as the [http://wiki.qt.io/QtonPi QtonPi] project, building [http://wiki.qt.io/Qt_5_on_Nokia_N9 Qt 5 for the Nokia N9], [http://wiki.qt.io/Qt_5_on_Nokia_N9 Qt 5 support for Cordova] (was PhoneGap) and many other activities funded indirectly through [http://www.indt.org/ INdT] in Brazil.

== Qt in Nokia ==

* Since Nokia acquired Trolltech, Qt has grown exponentially in number of features, users, applications, SDK downloads, full time developers, specialized companies…
* Nokia has products in the market shipping with [http://europe.nokia.com/belle Symbian] and [http://swipe.nokia.com/ MeeGo Harmattan] , both based on Qt and both being great examples of what can be done with Qt in mobile devices. 
* Nokia currently has a base of 180 million customers with Qt-enabled Symbian and N9 devices. [http://www.developer.nokia.com/Develop/Qt/ source]
* The last Qt based product announced is the [http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2012/02/27/qt-mobile-world-congress-okia-808-pure-view/ Nokia 808 PureView] , awarded as [http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2012/02/27/qt-mobile-world-congress-okia-808-pure-view/ Best Device at Mobile World Congress 2012] 
* The [http://store.nokia.com Nokia Store] contains a catalog of Qt based applications with possibilities of [http://www.developer.nokia.com/Distribute/Monetizing_your_app/ monetization] via paid downloads, in-app purchase and in-app advertisement.
* Nokia offers free support to Qt developers, both individuals and companies - http://www.developer.nokia.com/Develop/Qt/ - including device seeding programs, contests and co-marketing opportunities at different levels.
* Nokia works with the top global and local brands in the countries where it operates, in order to have their mobile apps running with Qt in Nokia devices.
* [http://blog.qt.nokia.com/2011/06/21/qt’s-future-for-nokia-bringing-apps-to-the-next-billion/ Qt’s future for Nokia: Bringing apps to the next billion.]
* At any point of time Nokia has several positions open related with Qt - check at http://nokia.taleo.net/careersection/10120/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en (as of 2012-03-28 there are 43 position open, from which 35 were listed in the R&D category - feel free updating these numbers if you check).