Matti Makkonen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Matti Makkonen

Finnish engineer

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1952

Place of Birth: Suomussalmi, Northern Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland

Date of Death: 26-Jun-2015

Profession: scientist, businessperson, engineer, business executive

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Matti Makkonen (16 April 1952 – 26 June 2015) was a Finnish engineer in the field of mobile communications.
He was employed (among others) by Nokia Networks and the then Telecom Finland (branded as Tele), 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).