Nokia Corporation is a Finnish telecommunications and network infrastructure company with over 160 years of history. It designs and builds critical network infrastructure spanning fixed, mobile, and transport networks, serving customers across 150+ countries. Its technology underpins 4.5 billion mobile subscriptions worldwide, and the company has invested more than €150 billion in advancing connectivity since 2000.
Nokia's technical work spans a broad range of domains, including AI-enabled and autonomous networks, secure connectivity, digital services, and early-stage research into 6G and quantum computing. Its customers include telecommunications service providers, enterprises, and cloud providers. The company's infrastructure is widely regarded as foundational to ongoing digital transformation across industries.
A significant portion of Nokia's technical output originates from Nokia Bell Labs, its internal research organisation. Bell Labs holds a portfolio of over 26,000 patent families and has produced 10 Nobel Prize laureates, reflecting a sustained focus on foundational and applied research in networking and adjacent fields.
Nokia's engineering work spans hardware, software, and research roles across a global footprint. Active technical domains include network architecture, radio access, optical and IP transport, AI/ML for network automation, and next-generation connectivity standards.
