Overview
- Nokia will issue 166,389,351 new shares to Nvidia at $6.01 each for an approximately 2.9% stake, with the investment subject to customary closing and registration steps.
- Shares of Nokia jumped to their highest level in nearly a decade after the announcement, with multiple reports citing gains of roughly 18% to more than 20%.
- Nokia plans to port its 5G and 6G radio access network software to run on Nvidia’s CUDA-based architecture to create commercial AI-RAN products.
- Nvidia introduced the Aerial RAN Computer Pro (ARC-Pro), a 6G-ready platform designed to run RAN and edge AI workloads and enable upgrades from 5G-Advanced through software.
- T-Mobile U.S. will collaborate on field evaluations of AI-RAN beginning in 2026, and the companies will also work with Dell PowerEdge servers and explore data center switching and optical integrations.