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Agreement includes licensing technology assets to enhance Nokia’s MantaRay SMO portfolio to boost customer experience. Development team to join Nokia Mobile Networks as part of the deal. MantaRay SMO is Nokia’s industry-leading AI-driven RAN automation and autonomous networking solution. 2 October 2025: Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced that it has licensed technology assets in an agreement with HPE that will boost its capabilities in AI-powered radio access network (RAN) automation. The move will further strengthen Nokia’s industry-leading MantaRay SMO (Service Management and Orchestration) platform and expand its solutions in AI-driven RAN automation and autonomous networking. Under the global agreement, Nokia will gain access to HPE’s RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC), integrating it with MantaRay AI-Powered SMO and Network Automation assets. In addition, the associated development team has largely transferred to Nokia Mobile Networks, effective October 1, 2025. Tommi Uitto, President of Mobile Networks at Nokia, said: “This licensing deal with HPE will further strengthen our proven MantaRay SMO portfolio by adding these assets and expertise. Our customers worldwide will benefit from the enhanced capabilities of Nokia’s AI-driven automation, orchestration and open ecosystems, enabling them to manage multi-vendor networks more efficiently and prepare for the transition from 5G to 6G.” MantaRay SMO is Nokia’s comprehensive solution for advanced AI-driven, zero-touch automation and is already capable of achieving TM Forum’s autonomous networks level 4 today. It is also fully Open RAN compliant and supports open R1 interface for rApps. Multimedia, technical information and related news Web Page: Nokia MantaRay SMO Solution Brief: Nokia MantaRay SMO: Advanced automation for advanced networks   About Nokia At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together. As a B2B technology innovation leader, we are …

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Espoo, Finland – Nokia’s Board of Directors has resolved to issue 120 000 000 new shares in a directed share issuance without consideration to Nokia Corporation to be later used to fulfil the company’s obligations under its equity plans that vest in 2025, 2026 and in 2027. Nokia expects that the shares are registered with the Finnish Trade Register on or about 2 October 2025 and entered in the book-entry system maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd on or about 2 October 2025. The total number of Nokia shares following the registration will equal 5 575 850 345. The new shares are expected to commence trading on Nasdaq Helsinki as of 3 October 2025, and on Euronext Paris as of 6 October 2025, together with other Nokia shares (NOKIA). Euronext Paris will publish a separate notice announcing the admission of the new shares to trading on Euronext Paris. Additionally, the Board of Directors has resolved on a directed issuance of a maximum number of 120 000 000 Nokia shares (NOKIA) held by Nokia Corporation, as a result of the above-mentioned issuance to itself, to settle its commitments under the Employee Share Purchase Plan 2024–2026 and various Restricted and Performance Share awards granted under the Nokia Long-Term Incentive Plan 2021–2023 and Nokia Long-Term Incentive Plan 2024–2026, in respect of shares to be delivered to plan participants during the years 2025, 2026 and 2027. The shares may also be used to settle Nokia’s obligations to deliver shares during the years 2025, 2026 and 2027 in connection with awards granted under Infinera Corporation’s 2016 Equity Incentive Plan, assumed by Nokia Corporation. The shares are issued without consideration. Each share delivery shall be published separately by a stock exchange release. Both resolutions to issue shares are based on the authorization granted to the Board of Directors by the Annual General Meeting on 29 April 2025. About Nokia At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together. As …

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AI workloads place new demands on data center networking infrastructure, requiring exceptionally low latency, zero packet loss, and vast bandwidth at extreme-scale. New Ultra Ethernet Transport (UET) layer addresses complex demands of High-Performance Computing (HPC)/AI. Successful end-to-end test of UET traffic across Nokia’s data center switches verifies the product family’s high performance, scalability, and reliability for AI workloads. 1 October 2025: Espoo, Finland – Nokia, in collaboration with Keysight Technologies, today announced the successful end-to-end testing of UET traffic across its family of high-performance data center switching platforms, including the Nokia 7220 Interconnect Router (IXR) and 7250 IXR. The test demonstrates Nokia’s compatibility with and commitment to integrating Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) Specification 1.0 capabilities into its HPC/AI-ready networking portfolio and reinforces its leadership in building extreme-scale, lossless, low-latency networks for modern data centers built for the AI era. AI is driving a fundamental rethink of data center operations. Real-time training and inference demand ultra-low latency, while even minor packet loss can derail training jobs and delay completion. Combined with massive bandwidth requirements, these pressures are pushing existing data center networks to their limits. Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) Specification 1.0 defines this new UET layer to solve the complex problem set that HPC/AI creates. With Ethernet widely adopted across most data networks worldwide, it is a compelling protocol for modernizing AI data center networks with new standards, best practices, and architectures to support AI and HPC workloads. As an active member of the UEC, Nokia is committed to leveraging UET as a highly compatible, cost-effective, and interoperable part of AI and HPC application stacks. The procedure tested 800 GE interfaces with flows of UET traffic generated by Keysight’s …

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Nokia positioned as a Leader in a Gartner Magic Quadrant for 5G for fifth consecutive year. Gartner places Nokia as furthest on Completeness of Vision axis for its capabilities. 25 September 2025 : Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced that it has been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Communication Service Provider 5G Core Network Infrastructure Solutions. Gartner also positioned Nokia as being furthest in Completeness of Vision. This is the fifth consecutive year Nokia has been positioned as a 5G Leader in a Gartner Magic Quadrant.* The report is available here. “We believe that being named a Leader in the Magic Quadrant reflects not only our technology leadership, but also the trust our customers and partners place in us. With a core that is security-first, automation-enabled and AI-ready, we’re helping service providers operate more efficiently and realize new business opportunities that drive both growth and profitability,” said Kal De, Senior Vice President, Product and Engineering, Nokia. The Nokia Core Networks portfolio is fully cloud-native, making it possible for operators to run their full 2/3/4/5G and IMS cores in cloud-native network functions. Solutions cover cloud packet core; subscriber data management; voice core; analytics, charging, policy, signaling and network exposure; cloud infrastructure, management and orchestration; and services and care. New services can be rolled out quickly, securely and without limitations in multi-cloud, highly automated environments. Customers can also choose to deploy their entire core on the same cloud platform, optimizing performance, operations and costs. At the end of Q2 2025, Nokia had the most 5G Standalone Core operator customers, with a total of 125, and the most live deployments at 54, according to industry data. The Gartner report comes soon after industry analyst Omdia ranked Nokia’s Core portfolio #1 for competitiveness in its “Market Landscape: Core …

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Nscale selects Nokia as a preferred networking partner for global AI-ready data center build-out. Nokia joins other investors in Nscale’s Series B investment round to advance AI infrastructure globally. Nokia and Nscale to jointly drive innovation in the networking stack used in AI clusters and partner globally on joint deployment initiatives. 25 September 2025: Espoo, Finland – Nokia and Nscale announced today a partnership to accelerate the build-out of AI infrastructure. Nokia will be a preferred partner for advanced networking technologies for Nscale AI-ready data center deployments globally. Nokia is also joining other investors in Nscale’s Series B investment round, designed to advance the building of scalable, secure, and globally competitive AI infrastructure amid soaring demand for AI-ready data centers. Headquartered in the UK and operating globally, Nscale is an AI-native infrastructure platform, providing vertically integrated compute, networking, storage, managed software, and AI services delivered in Nscale-owned and co-located data centers. This partnership sees Nokia become an Nscale preferred partner for networking technologies from across its Network Infrastructure portfolio, for the build-out of AI clusters at scale. Nokia offers a comprehensive portfolio - data center switching, IP routing, and optical networking – for delivering secure, high-performance connectivity within and across data centers and between end-users and applications. This enables customers to scale cloud capacity more efficiently and cost-effectively, while making processes inside the data center faster and more energy efficient. The partnership agreement will also see Nokia and Nscale jointly drive innovation in the networking stack used in AI clusters and partner globally on joint deployment initiatives. Justin Hotard, President and CEO of Nokia, said: “Demand for the build-out of secure, scalable AI infrastructure in Europe and across the world …

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Nokia announces the creation of two new teams, a Technology and AI Organization (TAO) and a Corporate Development Organization (CDO) to strengthen the company’s capabilities in technology innovation, bring better support to business development and create more focused organizations. Pallavi Mahajan to join Nokia as Chief Technology and AI Officer and Konstanty Owczarek to join Nokia as Chief Corporate Development Officer. Both Mahajan and Owczarek will join Nokia’s Group Leadership Team on 1 October 2025. Nishant Batra has decided to step down as Chief Strategy and Technology Officer and from the Group Leadership Team effective 30 September 2025. Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced leadership changes and the creation of two new organizations – a Technology and AI Organization and a Corporate Development Organization. The changes are made to strengthen the company’s capabilities in technology innovation, bring better support to business development, and create more focused organizations. The two new organizations will be effective 1 October 2025. “To succeed in the AI supercycle, we need to focus on where we can drive differentiation through our core technologies, strengthen our capabilities in security and AI, and maximize the value of partnerships in our ecosystem. Having a dedicated Technology and AI organization will be an important asset for us and our customers. The new Corporate Development organization will accelerate our strategy evolution and execution, and support our businesses,” said Nokia’s President and CEO Justin Hotard. The Technology and AI Organization will integrate Nokia Bell Labs, Technology and AI Leadership, and Group Security. This organization will be led by Pallavi Mahajan, previously Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Data Center and Artificial Intelligence Software at Intel. She has significant experience from networks, software and AI. Mahajan has held several executive roles, including leading Intel’s …

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Espoo, Finland – A total of 135 830 Nokia shares (NOKIA) held by the company were transferred today without consideration to participants of Nokia's equity-based incentive plans in accordance with the rules of the plans. The transfer is based on the resolution of the Board of Directors to issue shares held by the company to settle its commitments to participants of the incentive plans as announced on 22 November 2024. The number of own shares held by Nokia Corporation following the transfer is 30 995 291. About Nokia At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together. As a B2B technology innovation leader, we are pioneering networks that sense, think and act by leveraging our work across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. In addition, we create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs, which is celebrating 100 years of innovation. With truly open architectures that seamlessly integrate into any ecosystem, our high-performance networks create new opportunities for monetization and scale. Service providers, enterprises and partners worldwide trust Nokia to deliver secure, reliable and sustainable networks today – and work with us to create the digital services and applications of the future. Inquiries: Nokia Communications Phone: +358 10 448 4900 Email: press.services@nokia.com …

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Introduces Nokia Mission-Safe Phone, a purpose-built defense smartphone for reliable mission-critical communications in the harshest operational environments Nokia also launches the upgraded Banshee 5G Tactical Radio, a rugged, portable, easy-to-deploy network hub, now with integrated 5G connectivity These new solutions expand Nokia’s tactical communications portfolio, delivering a fully integrated, end-to-end system built to meet the evolving needs of modern military operations 09 September 2025: Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced the launch of two advanced tactical communication solutions - Nokia Mission-Safe Phone and an upgraded Nokia Banshee 5G Tactical Radio - expanding its defense portfolio and reinforcing its commitment to providing a comprehensive, secure, high-performance system for modern military operations. Delivering unmatched bandwidth, mobility, and reliability at the tactical edge, these innovations enable real-time battlefield intelligence and mission-critical communications in even the most demanding environments. As 5G technology accelerates battlefield digitalization, defense forces require end-user devices capable of harnessing their full potential. The Nokia Mission-Safe Phone is a purpose-built defense smartphone engineered for resilience, security and performance. Developed and manufactured in Europe, the new product features a long-lifecycle chipset from Qualcomm. The Nokia Mission-Safe Phone is an open, customizable platform designed to seamlessly integrate new features, applications, and accessories, adapting to diverse customer needs and preferences. For demanding conditions, Savox Communications’ complementary solutions can deliver superior audio performance and clear communication. Visitors to this year’s DSEI UK (9–12 September) can explore these innovations at the Nokia booth. Validated with the Nokia Banshee portfolio of 4G and 5G tactical communications solutions, the Nokia Mission-Safe Phone offers …

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Partners transform Swiss service provider's data center operations with enhanced automation, security, and scalability 8 September 2025: ESPOO, Finland and NEW YORK – Nokia and Kyndryl, a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise technology services, today announced that Swiss telecommunications provider iWay has selected Nokia’s Data Center Fabric (DCF) solution and Event-Driven Automation (EDA) platform, combined with Kyndryl’s end-to-end network management services to transform and modernize its data center operations. The agreement leverages the strengths of Nokia and Kyndryl’s partnership by tapping Nokia’s enterprise data center capabilities focused on delivering open, reliable and easy-to-operate network solutions that meet evolving digital infrastructure needs, and Kyndryl’s ability to build and run agile, future-ready IT infrastructure equipped to manage risks and capable of integrating advanced technologies. “Replacing our previous solution with Nokia’s data center fabric and Kyndryl’s network deployment services has allowed us to fully automate our environment, roll out new features with ease, and reduce human error,” said Matthias Cramer, CTO of iWay. “The EDA platform gives us the simplicity and flexibility we were looking for, while both Nokia and Kyndryl work as trusted technology providers to deliver the reliability and technical expertise needed to deliver a smooth and secure network modernization.” “The combination of Nokia's data center fabric solutions with Kyndryl’s end-to-end network services and consulting expertise is helping iWay modernize their data centers with confidence – strengthening their security, supporting regulatory compliance, and laying the foundation for long-term scalability and growth,” said Paul Savill, Kyndryl Global Network and Edge Computing Practice Leader. “Together with Nokia, we are enabling telecommunications providers like iWay to evolve their IT infrastructures to meet growing data demands by …

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