US Stock Movement | Nokia (NOK.US) rises nearly 5% in pre-market trading, expands partnership with Microsoft: bringing AI Agents into telecom networks.

Zhito Finance APP has learned that Nokia (NOK.US) announced on Thursday an expansion of its partnership with Microsoft (MSFT.US), with the two companies set to integrate their respective telecommunications data and analytics platforms to support network automation in multi-vendor environments. According to Nokia's announcement, this cross-vendor, cross-network-domain solution combines Nokia Data Suite with Microsoft Fabric. The first use cases include automated assurance for VoNR (Voice over 5G New Radio), radio access network (RAN) optimization, and predictive maintenance; the solution is now commercially available, with more autonomous network deployments to follow. Following the news, Nokia's stock rose about 5% in Thursday premarket trading.