Nokia, on March 02, 2026, said that it was expanding collaborations with TIM Brasil as well as Deutsche Telekom as the 5G gear maker from Finland looks to capitalize on AI-based technologies adoption across the world.
Apparently, these deals, which happen to follow the very recent announcement of a multi-year contract along with Telefonica so as to offer network solutions for data centres throughout Spain, go on to underscore how artificial intelligence-enabling technology is going ahead and creating fresh revenue streams for Nokia.
It is indeed going to expand network partnership with TIM Brasil, which in the past covered 5G network modernization along with its preparation when it comes to AI-based technologies in Sao Paulo to another 14 states spread across four regions, thereby reaching almost 42% of the population in Brazil.
The fact is that this partnership helps TIM Brasil to provide AI-driven services for business customers making use of AI-RAN platforms from Nvidia, confirmed Nokia in a statement that was seen by Reuters ahead of the scheduled publication.
In an earlier statement that was rolled out on March 02, 2026, itself, Nokia and Deutsche Telekom remarked that they would rather expand their partnership to speed up the cloud-based, disaggregated, as well as AI-native radio access network – RAN technology development.
This is indeed going to lay down building blocks when it comes to programmable and automated mobile networks, which are much simpler, faster, and, of course, much better optimized for future connectivity requirements as the global AI boom reshapes the sector, both of them said.
Apparently, these contracts do reflect the global race of the telecom operators to scale up their networks to 5G so as to enable much wider adoption of AI, hence creating a prominent market as far as equipment providers such as Nokia as well as Ericsson are concerned.
In 2035, it was Nokia who acquired Infinera, the U.S. optical networking firm, thereby aiming to tap into the AI boom – a deal that was then followed by a $1 billion equity investment from Nvidia, the chipmaker, which went ahead and bought a 2.9% stake in the Finnish group.
Notably, the new deals do fit into one of the largest restructuring efforts by Nokia since selling that iconic mobile phone business over a decade ago, as it bets on AI as well as data center demand in order to offset the weak spending along with contract losses in the 5G spectrum.