Nokia beats first-quarter estimates as AI boom lifts sales again
23/04/2026 06:06
April 23 (Reuters) - Nokia NOKIA.HE posted a bigger than expected rise in its quarterly comparable operating profit on Thursday, as the Finnish telecom gear maker kept seeing high demand from artificial intelligence and cloud customers, booking orders worth 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion). Comparable operating profit jumped 54% to 281 million euros in the first quarter of 2026. That was above the average estimate of 250 million euros from analysts polled by Infront. ($1 = 0.8548 euros) (Reporting by Gianluca Lo Nostro, Agnieszka Olenska, Editing by Milla Nissi-Prussak) ((Gianluca.LoNostro@thomsonreuters.com, Agnieszka.Olenska@thomsonreuters.com;))
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