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Nokia’s trying on the cybersecurity cape
Nokia isn’t just the company your uncle remembers from old-school cellphones anymore. In Thursday’s premarket, it was up after highlighting a new partnership with Cinia to help shield Finland’s critical infrastructure from big, messy DDoS attacks. Translation: Nokia is selling more of the stuff that keeps networks from getting punched in the face.
Why investors care
The deal centers on Nokia’s Deepfield platform, which can spot and blunt large-scale cyberattacks before they turn into a digital traffic jam. For investors, that matters because cybersecurity is becoming a more valuable add-on to telecom spending — and add-ons usually come with nicer margins than the hardware race to the bottom.
The NVIDIA angle keeps the AI story warm
On top of that, Nokia said Wednesday it’s making progress on AI-RAN with NVIDIA and Orange. That’s the kind of acronym soup Wall Street loves: AI, radio access networks, and enough infrastructure buzz to make the stock look like it has a second act.
And yes, traders noticed. Nokia was trading up in premarket, hovering near the top of its 52-week range. That doesn’t guarantee anything — momentum can vanish faster than free office bagels — but it does tell you buyers are still treating Nokia like a company with more than one growth lane.
Big picture
Nokia’s pitch is getting clearer: less “legacy telecom relic,” more “network security and AI infrastructure enabler.” If it can keep turning those themes into actual revenue, investors may keep giving the stock a premium storyline instead of just a nostalgic one.