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