
Nokia’s October 23 earnings release was the initial catalyst. The Finnish equipment maker reported Q3 revenue of €4.83 billion, +12% year-on-year, well ahead of the ~€4.6B Street estimatereuters.com. Network Infrastructure and Cloud & Network Services both grew solidly, as hyperscaler/cloud customers accounted for ~6% of salesreuters.com. Comparable operating profit of €435 million far exceeded analysts’ ~€342 M estimatereuters.com. Management noted that cloud and AI data-center demand helped optical sales jump 19% in constant currency. Nokia raised its full-year operating-profit outlook to €1.7–2.2 billionreuters.com. CEO Justin Hotard highlighted the momentum, telling reporters “AI and data center demand continues to be robust… it continues to accelerate”reuters.com.
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