Nokia

https://www.nokia.com
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Founded in 1865 in Finland, Nokia is a privately owned multinational corporation. Initially involved in various industries, it currently focuses primarily on enterprise and telecommunications software. Employing approximately 92,940 people, Nokia's headquarters remain in Finland. While historically known for its consumer electronics and telecommunications hardware, its current operations are centered on software solutions for businesses and the telecommunications sector.

Revenue

Founded

1865

Headcount

92,931

Headquarters

Finland

Primary Segment

Enterprise and telecoms software

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

News Summary:

Nokia completed a share buyback program from November 25, 2024, to April 2, 2025, repurchasing 150 million shares at an average price of approximately EUR 4.69 to offset the impact of its Infinera acquisition. The company proposes cancelling these shares in April 2025. Separately, Nokia collaborated with StarHub and Dell Technologies on a trial of Southeast Asia's first 5G Cloud Radio Access Network, a cloud-based platform intended to facilitate new services for enterprise customers. An agreement was reached with Alcadis for the distribution of Nokia's optical fibre products in the Benelux region. Furthermore, Nokia and Amazon settled patent litigation, resulting in a patent deal that allows Prime Video services and Fire Stick devices to utilize Nokia's video properties. Finally, Nokia participated in a quantum secured encryption trial with Colt Technology Services and other technology partners, supporting plans to offer quantum-resistant services.

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Nokia offers 11 products in the media tech, connectivity and cloud and telecoms tech industries. Nokia's product portfolio comprises of connectivity and distribution services, enterprise and telecoms software, connectivity infrastructure, broadband aggregation and home networks, data centre infrastructure, telecoms network infrastructure, enterprise cloud and enterprise security.

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Apr

10th

2025

11:47

Partnerships and Alliances, Caretta Research_Monitor Company

Digita and Nokia expand private network support for events payments company CoreGo

Nokia and Digita said they are expanding their private network partnership with CoreGo, a specialist in payment services and access control for events. Their cooperation has enabled several deployments in the last two years for the organisers of sporting attractions and festivals visited by 2 million people.

Telecompaper

Apr

9th

2025

09:51

Partnerships and Alliances, Caretta Research_Monitor Company

Telia and Nokia run cross-border 5G slice handover trial with Finnish Defence Forces

Telia Finland has announced the world's first standalone 5G slice handover among multiple countries in a live network in conjunction with Nokia and the Finnish Defence Forces (Puolustusvoimat). The test was done in March as part of a Nordic exercise. A continuous and secure data connection was maintained in the slice while moving across three separate networks in three Telia countries.

Telecompaper

Apr

6th

2025

18:30

Caretta Research_Monitor Company

Nokia ropes in Hitesh Chhabra as sales director

MUMBAI: Hitesh Chhabra, a veteran of the ICT world with over 23 years of experience, has jumped ship from Chinese tech giant Huawei to join Nokia as sales director this month. The move marks the end of a nearly 14-year run at Huawei, where he most recently served as director of enterprise solution sales and chief technology officer for the company's enterprise business group in India.

IndianTelevision

Apr

3rd

2025

18:30

Caretta Research_Monitor Company

Nokia’s James Watt discusses technologies addressing hyperscalers and data centers networks at OFC50

Phil Harvey has been a Light Reading writer and editor for more than 18 years combined. He began his second tour as the site's chief editor in April 2020. His interest in speed and scale means he often covers optical networking and the foundational technologies powering the modern Internet.

Light Reading

Apr

3rd

2025

12:18

M&A Activities

Nokia completes share buyback programme

Nokia announced it has completed the share buyback it launched in November 2024 to offset the dilutive impact of its USD 2.3 billion stock and shares acquisition of Infinera. Between 25 November and 02 April, Nokia repurchased 150 million shares at an average price of about EUR 4.69, and is proposing the shares will be cancelled in April 2025.

Telecompaper

Apr

2nd

2025

08:43

Partnerships and Alliances, Caretta Research_Monitor Company

StarHub, Nokia and Dell trial 5G Cloud RAN

StarHub has successfully trialled what Nokia claims is Southeast Asia's first 5G Cloud Radio Access Network (RAN) in collaboration with Nokia and Dell Technologies. The cloud-based platform will enable StarHub to deliver new services to its enterprise customers and build an evolution path to Advanced 5G and 6G. The trial is in line with StarHub's Cloud Infinity program that aims to help its customers accelerate their digital transformation journey.

Telecompaper

Apr

2nd

2025

08:19

Procurement and Sales, Caretta Research_Monitor Company

Alcadis to distribute Nokia optical LAN products in Benelux

Alcadis announced an agreement to distribute optical fibre products from Nokia in the Benelux region to channel partners. The optical fibre is marketed as a LAN alternative to traditional copper CAT cables, and the products can be bundled with other networking solutions from Alcadis.

Telecompaper

Mar

31st

2025

12:59

Regulatory and Legal

Nokia signs patent deal with Amazon over video properties

Nokia and Amazon have resolved their differences with a patent deal paving the way for Prime Video services and Fire Stick devices to use Nokia's video properties. The patent agreement resolves all outstanding patent litigations. Nokia's subsidiary Alcatel-Lucent had previously won a German injunction against Amazon in the regional court in Dusseldorf in relation to certain Prime Video functionalities, while a court in Munich ruled against Amazon over its streaming devices including Fire TV stick in 2023.

Telecompaper

Mar

31st

2025

12:52

Partnerships and Alliances

Colt completes network trial of quantum-secured encryption technology

Colt Technology Services has completed a quantum secured encryption trial across its optical wave network. Colt worked with several technology partners on the trial - including Nokia, Toshiba, Ciena, Adtran and ID Quantique (IDQ). This supports plans to offer a suite of services for global businesses to protect against encryption risks posed by quantum computers.

Telecompaper

Mar

31st

2025

10:25

Procurement and Sales, Caretta Research_Monitor Company

Vi taps Nokia for 4G optic network upgrade, 5G rollout

Nokia will upgrade and expand Vodafone Idea (Vi) optic transport network across key metro and circle locations in India. The upgrade uses Nokia's optical switching technology, and is designed to increase its capacity, supporting 4G data growth. Nokia will also provide equipment to support Vi's 5G rollout.

Telecompaper

Mar

30th

2025

18:30

Procurement and Sales, Regulatory and Legal, Negative News, Caretta Research_Monitor Company

Patent deal resolves Nokia and Amazon litigation : Europe : TVB Europe : International Broadcast News

The confidential agreement ends multi-jurisdictional litigation between the parties over the issues By Matthew Corrigan Published: March 31, 2025 The confidential agreement ends multi-jurisdictional litigation between the parties over the issues target=_blank title=Share on LinkedIn class=share-linkedin> Nokia has announced it has signed a patent agreement with Amazon.

4rfv

Mar

27th

2025

13:14

New Offerings, Artificial Intelligence

Nokia unveils DAC Marketplace for 'ready-to-deploy' industrial edge compute and AI integrations

Nokia said it is launching a new third-party products marketplace comprising ready-to-deploy industrial 4.0 use cases and hardware powered by its on-premises edge compute and AI platforms. The new DAC Marketplace aims to make it easier for customers and partners to implement Nokia-compliant industry 4.0 solutions.

Telecompaper

Nokia's customers primarily consist of telecoms and enterprise cloud companies. Examples of Nokia's customers include Microsoft, AT&T and Orange Group. Nokia has commercial and technical partners like Telefónica, BT Group and Thales. Examples of Nokia's suppliers include Red5 Pro and Comprimato.

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