Nokia

MWC 2025, Barcelona | In the press room, late on the final day, trying to digest a bunch of briefings. Further coverage will follow, including (time permitting) about a Barcelona derby game between old rivals Nokia and Ericsson in the …

Nokia balanced MWC 2025 developments in its core telecom business with a new 5G.MIL partnership with Lockheed Martin and Verizon, plus closing the Infinera deal BARCELONA—Nokia’s announcements this week reflect both the company’s telecom roots and its efforts to pursue …

Under the deal, Bell Canada will roll out Nokia’s Cloud RAN solution, which is designed to be compatible with both existing and future O-RAN systems Bell Canada and Nokia have expanded their collaboration to include Cloud RAN deployment and the …

One way or another, Palo Alto Networks is picking them off in the private 5G space. The US firm, one of the premier cybersecurity outfits, has tied up with London-headquartered system integrator NTT Data (stylised NTT DATA) on a managed …

Nokia has added to its burgeoning mission-critical (MX) tech supplies for Industry 4.0 with a new sensor fusion solution to mix multi-modal IoT data streams into an AI engine next to its private 4G/5G system to deliver singular contextual logic …

Germany-based Industry 4.0 system integrator Smart Mobile Labs (SML), acquired by Boldyn Networks in January (2025), has signed a ‘framework’ deal with national rail operator Deutsche Bahn for the planning, delivery, construction and operation of private 5G ‘campus’ networks in …

Philippines-based network operator Globe Telecom is working with Nokia to provide enterprises with enhanced security via network application programming interfaces (APIs), the Finnish vendor has said. The firm is testing Nokia’s so-called Network Exposure Platform (NEP) to enable developers and …

Boldyn Networks has deployed a large-sized private standalone 5G (5G SA) network from Nokia at Oulu University Hospital in Finland. The work is part of the hospital’s so-called Hola 5G Oulu project, and is funded by money from the European …

Spanish operator Telefónica has picked Nokia to provide its 4G and 5G core network to serve enterprises in its home market. It said the Finnish firm’s packet core solutions will support its rollout of low-latency services like drone fleets, industrial …

As part of the 5G FWA deal, Airtel will also roll out Nokia’s Wi-Fi 6 access points Indian operator Bharti Airtel has awarded a contract to Nokia and Qualcomm to support the expansion of 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and …

Ooredoo Qatar is tapping into ‘the whole gamut’ of Nokia’s core offerings to enable capabilities like network slicing and the integration of AI and ML Ooredoo Qatar has selected Nokia for its core network modernization, tapping into the vendor’s fully …

Hold tight; you might want to catch your breath. How’s business? It is only conversational; a casual salutation at the start of a pre-MWC call to coordinate diaries. But Peter Cappiello, chief executive at US system integrator Future Technologies, has …

Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark to step down March 31; Intel EVP Justin Hotard takes over April 1 Nokia announced today that CEO Pekka Lundmark will step down from the top spot at the end of March. Intel Executive Vice President …

The mobile industry has been camped out in the winter of 5G like it’s Valley Forge.   Getting pretty hungry here and the old boots have holes in them. The end of 2023 was painful, and 2024 was worse. During …

Ericsson has been confirmed (by Ericsson) as the key vendor for the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) to deploy private LTE across “parts of” 68 counties in Texas, in the US. It follows news last month that LCRA had taken …

Either it has taken a year to get going, or else it has actually expanded – but US private 5G specialist Celona has stuck out another press note to proclaim its partnership with Riyadh-based telecoms group STC (Saudi Telecommunication Company; …

As part of the agreement, Nokia will supply O-RAN-compliant 5G AirScale equipment Finnish vendor Nokia has announced a four-year contract extension with Orange France with the aim of enhancing its 5G radio infrastructure using Nokia’s energy-efficient AirScale portfolio. In a …

As part of the extended deal, AT&T will update its Nokia IMS Voice Core to include VoNR in a fully cloud-native architecture AT&T and Nokia have extended their existing partnership to include support for the evolution of the telco’s voice core offering and for injecting …

Private LTE and 5G network adoption by enterprises is accelerating, as utilities, manufacturers, energy firms, port operators, and other industries with specialized needs see their digital transformation held back by both technical and economic limitations of traditional networking approaches. But …

Nokia and Ericsson both hailed healthy sales of private 5G networks to enterprises this week, to boost their final-quarter and full-year 2024 results. Nokia went furthest, to say it had a “record” quarter at the end of last year for …

Lufthansa Industry Solutions (LHIND), a pioneer integrator in the private 5G space, has been running a test network on a Raspberry Pi in its work labs and meeting rooms – if only just to show enterprise customers (and network vendors, …

Shared infrastructure provider Boldyn Networks has signed a deal to acquire Germany-based private 5G specialist and Industry 4.0 integrator Smart Mobile Labs (SML) for an undisclosed fee. It signals the UK-headquartered firm’s move into the German market, a key geography …

Singapore-based mobile operator StarHub is working with Nokia on application programming interfaces (APIs) to monetise its 4G and 5G network assets with local enterprises. The pair are looking to enable 4G and 5G access for developers to use network data …

We have done this exercise before; but that was back in 2022, and it is high time to update the list, especially with all the UK activity around private 5G in early 2025. So here goes: a fairly comprehensive list, …

Nokia said its smart nodes are expected to enhance indoor connectivity for Zain KSA’s enterprise clients Nokia and Zain KSA have announced a collaboration to address indoor mobile coverage challenges and optimize enterprise connectivity in Saudi Arabia. The partnership will …