Decades of delivering and commitment to the U.S.
Digital innovation powerhouse
Top U.S. market positions and industry honors
Significant U.S. presence
Key partner for U.S. private and public sector
Essential to U.S. national security
Strong commitment to the U.S. market
Digital innovation powerhouse
Nokia’s History of Innovation in the US
Six U.S.-based Research & Development (R&D) Innovation Centers:
✓ Nokia Bell Labs - Murray Hill, NJ
✓ Dallas, TX
✓ Naperville, IL
✓ San Jose, CA
✓ Sunnyvale, CA (x2)
Nokia has a long, robust history leading digital innovation in the U.S. through the world-renowned Nokia Bell Labs, with a track record spanning 100 years of innovations that include:
✓ Transistor
✓ Neural networks
✓ Satellite & cellular communications
✓ Laser/fiber optics
✓ Quantum Dots
✓ Unix/C/C++
✓ Solar cells
✓ MIMO
✓ Coherent optics
✓ Super-resolution microscopy
Nokia Bell Labs has received numerous awards and accolades:
✓ 10 Nobel prizes, 3 Emmys, 2 Grammys, 1 Oscar
✓ 20,000 patent families of which >7,000 declared essential to 5G
Top U.S. market positions and industry honors
Network Infrastructure (NI)
IP Networks, Optical Networks, and Fixed Networks
- #1 in IP edge routing and #3 in total routing in North America.
- Nokia (combined with Infinera) is #2 in overall U.S. Optical Networking.
- Top supplier of fiber-optic broadband technology for service providers in the U.S. with 7 of 10 fiber broadband connections enabled by Nokia.
- #1 in fiber xPON OLT & ONT in U.S.
- #1 vendor for XGS-PON technology globally and in the U.S. seven years running.
#1
XGS-PON,
Fiber xPON OLT & ONT,
IP edge routing
#2
overall Optical Networking
Mobile Infrastructure
Core Networks, Radio Networks, and Technology Standards
#1
Subscriber Data Management
#2
RAN vendor
Core Networks
- Nokia is No. 1 for Subscriber Data Management in North America.
- Nokia is the No. 1 IMS Voice vendor in North America.
- Nokia is the No. 2 Mobile Core vendor in North America.
Radio Networks
- #2 RAN vendor in North America, and supplies LTE/5G RAN to four of the five major mobile operators in the U.S.
- Nokia is the leading private wireless vendor to enterprise verticals with double-digit sales growth, with approximately 960 private wireless customers, of which 25% are based in North America.
960, Q4 2025
Worldwide customers
25%
in North America
Technology Standards
- Nokia has one of the broadest and strongest U.S. patent portfolios in the telecommunications sector with a leading share of cellular Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), including over 7,000 that have been declared essential to 5G.
7,000+
Patents essential to 5G
Top industry honors
In January 2026, Corporate Knights ranked Nokia as one of the most 100 sustainable companies in the world.
Nokia was recognized with the “Private Network Excellence in Utilities” award at TeckNexus’ 2025 Private Network Leadership Awards at MWC Americas.
In April 2025, LinkedIn named Nokia one of the top U.S. workplaces for career growth in its annual Top Companies list.
In March 2025, the US-based Ethisphere named Nokia one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®, one of only two telecom companies and the only Finnish company recognized.
In February 2025, US-based ABI Research named Nokia the overall leader 2025 Telco Scope 3 Emissions Management ranking for its strong implementation, innovation, and commitment to reducing emissions across its value chain.
Significant U.S. presence
Key contributor to economic growth & vitality
- Nokia has 7,400+ U.S.-based employees in 47 of 50 states plus the District of Columbia.
- 27 Nokia U.S. locations, which include 21 R&D facilities, three manufacturing sites and three data centers.
- First manufacturer to commit to and produce Build America / Buy America-compliant products for the U.S. Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program.
- Nokia owns and operates two U.S. semiconductor manufacturing facilities including an optical/photonic semiconductor fabrication facility in Sunnyvale, CA and the only U.S.-based photonic advanced test and packaging at our size and scale in Allentown, PA.
Key partner for U.S. private and public sector
Partnering for mission-critical solutions
- Nokia is a key public-sector partner through the on-going work with Department of Commerce, NASA and NIST.
- Nokia has deployed 5G networks and cloud native software with all major U.S. communications service providers.
- Nokia has relationships with all major U.S. chip and device makers, as well as cloud platform providers.
Essential to U.S. national security
- Through Nokia Federal Solutions, we are a trusted partner for U.S. Federal Government agencies with our scalable and secure solutions that support mission-critical operations across defense, homeland security, energy, intelligence, utilities, and civilian sectors.
- Nokia delivers advanced tactical private wireless solutions to Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity (MCTSSA).
- Nokia is leveraging 5G, IP, IoT, and new data center technologies to improve agility, resiliency, security, and situational awareness of U.S. federal mission-critical networks.
- In May 2022, Nokia launched (and continues to maintain) its Advanced Security Testing and Research (ASTaR) lab in Dallas, TX – the first end-to-end 5G testing lab in the U.S. focused on cybersecurity and the overall security resilience of 5G networks.
Strong commitment to the U.S. market
Ongoing Commitment to the U.S.
- In September 2025, Nokia broke ground on new Nokia Bell Labs, state-of-the-art campus in New Brunswick, NJ.
- This 350,000-square-foot research space will extend its university partnerships, establish employment pipelines, and drive the next generation of innovative research.
- In March 2025, Nokia announced it delivered the first cellular network to the Moon as part of the Intuitive Machines IM-2 mission to the lunar south pole region. Nokia successfully validated key aspects of the network’s operation, including the transmission of operational data and the activation of multiple communication solution components.
- In February 2025, Nokia completed its acquisition and investment of $2.3 billion into U.S.-based optical/photonic semiconductor manufacturing company, Infinera.
- In May 2024, Nokia successfully completed the acquisition of Fenix Group, a U.S.-based company that specializes in tactical communications for defense communities adding to the growing Nokia Federal Solutions business.
