NOKIA $NOK & MICROSOFT $MSFT ARE BRINGING AGENTIC AI INTO TELECOM NETWORK OPERATIONS The companies are expanding their partnership to help carriers automate how network data is collected, analyzed and acted on. Nokia Data Suite will plug into Microsoft Fabric, combining telco-specific data products with OneLake, Copilot, Foundry and Power BI. Nokia says the setup can cut access to usable network data from weeks to minutes. Early use cases include predictive maintenance, automated root-cause analysis, radio-network performance monitoring and closed-loop network operations. The platform is available now and supports multi-vendor networks across cloud, hybrid and on-prem environments.

NOKIA $NOK AND MICROSOFT $MSFT EXPAND AI PARTNERSHIP FOR TELECOM NETWORK AUTOMATION Nokia and Microsoft are expanding their partnership to build an agentic, unified data foundation aimed at automating telecom network operations. The new offering combines Nokia Data Suite with Microsoft Fabric, giving operators access to network data in minutes rather than the weeks often required for preparation and integration. Microsoft brings OneLake, analytics and AI tools including Copilot, Foundry and Power BI, while Nokia provides prebuilt telecom data products with semantic modeling and data-quality controls. Initial use cases include automated network fault detection, predictive maintenance, radio-network performance analysis and closed-loop operations. The solution is available now across hybrid, cloud and on-premise environments and is designed to work across networks using equipment from multiple vendors. Source: Nokia

Nokia $NOK is expanding AI-RAN trials with operators across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East as carriers move from early evaluations into lab and live-field testing. The platform combines Nokia’s anyRAN software with $NVDA’s Aerial RAN Computer and has delivered more than 20% improvement in spectral efficiency, according to Nokia. New and ongoing partners include A1 Group, Chunghwa Telecom, du, e&, Mobily, stc, TPG Telecom, Zain Saudi and NTT DOCOMO, with earlier evaluations involving T-Mobile, SoftBank and Indosat. Nokia and Nvidia are also expanding their AI-RAN collaboration as the industry moves toward AI-native 5G and 6G networks.

Nokia $NOK is up 4% pre-market after announcing two strategic developments: an MoU with C3IA to support the UK Ministry of Defence’s digital transformation and growing global AI-RAN momentum as operators move toward AI-native 6G networks.

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Nokia plans to shut its radio technology R&D unit in China's Hangzhou by the end of this year, affecting about 1,600 employees, Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reported. The move is part of the Finnish telecom equipment maker’s global restructuring and cost-cutting efforts aimed at improving profitability. @nokia