US Stocks Move | Nokia (NOK.US) rises nearly 5% pre-market, expands partnership with Microsoft: integrates AI Agent into telecom networks

According to reports from Zhitong Finance APP, Nokia (NOK.US) announced on Thursday an expanded collaboration with Microsoft (MSFT.US), with both parties set to integrate their telecom data and analytics platforms to support network automation in multi-vendor environments. According to a Nokia announcement, this cross-vendor, cross-network domain solution will combine Nokia Data Suite with Microsoft Fabric. The initial use cases include automatic assurance of VoNR (Voice over New Radio for 5G), optimization and predictive maintenance of the Radio Access Network (RAN); the solution is now commercially available, and further autonomous network deployments will be released in the future. After the announcement, Nokia's shares rose about 5% in pre-market trading on Thursday.