Nokia says AI-RAN nears commercial deployment as Q3 sales rise 10%

Nokia reported Q3 2026 net sales up 10% year on year to EUR 5.154 billion, with comparable operating profit rising 35% to EUR 605 million. CEO Justin Hotard said AI-RAN is nearing commercial deployment after T-Mobile completed a live voice call and Elisa ran voice, data and AI workloads on the same platform.

• Nokia Q3 net sales rose 10% to EUR 5.154B; operating profit up 35% to EUR 605M
• AI and Cloud sales grew 123% at constant currency to EUR 631M
• Radio networks grew 10%, while core software declined 13%
• T-Mobile and Elisa tested AI-RAN on Nokia anyRAN and Nvidia Aerial