Nokia
Finnish maker of LTE and 5G NR radio access, private wireless and optical networks, home of Nokia Bell Labs. Closed products sold to operators and enterprises, with developer access through network APIs.
| Organisation | Nokia Corporation, headquartered in Espoo, Finland |
|---|---|
| Website | www.nokia.com/ |
| Licensing | Proprietary hardware and software sold under commercial contract; open-source projects published on github.com/nokia under their own licences |
| Pricing | No public price list; equipment is sold to operators and enterprises under contract |
| Updated | 15 Nov 2026 |
Products and offerings #
| Name | Kind | Positioning |
|---|---|---|
| AirScale Habrok | base-station | Massive MIMO radios in 32TRX and 64TRX versions, the Habrok 64 weighing 24 kg, according to Nokia |
| ReefShark | chipset | Nokia's own system-on-chip family used in AirScale radios and basebands |
| anyRAN | software | RAN offer spanning purpose-built AirScale and Nokia Cloud RAN on third-party servers |
| AI-RAN platform | software | AI-native RAN platform announced 15 July 2026, sold on a subscription model |
| MX Industrial Edge and Digital Automation Cloud | service | Private wireless and on-premises edge computing for industrial sites |
| Network as Code | service | Developer platform exposing operator network capabilities as APIs, aligned with GSMA Open Gateway and CAMARA |
Who they are
This hub is for engineers who work with, test against, or integrate with Nokia radio access and private wireless equipment. Nokia Corporation is headquartered in Espoo, Finland. According to its Finland locations page, it was founded on the Tammerkoski rapids in Tampere in 1865. Today it sells RAN equipment for LTE and 5G NR, optical networks, and private wireless for industry. Ericsson, covered on its own hub, sells comparable radio access equipment. Nokia Bell Labs is its research arm.
Three corporate events shape the current company. Nokia closed its acquisition of Infinera on 28 February 2025, for EUR 2.5 billion according to its annual report on Form 20-F. On 28 October 2025 Nokia announced an AI-RAN partnership with NVIDIA, including a USD 1 billion NVIDIA investment at USD 6.01 per share. From 1 January 2026 the group is organised in two main segments, Network Infrastructure and Mobile Infrastructure.
Tooling and APIs
What you install. Nothing on a laptop for the radios. AirScale radios, basebands and the management software are sold under contract and run on the operator’s or enterprise’s network. There is no public SDK for the radios, no GNU Radio block and no SoapySDR module, so macOS or Linux support does not apply to the products. For measurements on Nokia cells, engineers use instruments from Keysight or Rohde & Schwarz.
Radios and silicon. Habrok is the AirScale massive MIMO family. According to the 2023 launch release, it comes in 32TRX and 64TRX versions and the Habrok 64 weighs 24 kg. Nokia does not give an output power figure in that release. ReefShark is Nokia’s own system-on-chip used in AirScale radios and basebands. See MIMO and beamforming for the background.
Cloud and AI-RAN. anyRAN covers both purpose-built AirScale and Nokia Cloud RAN. In July 2026 Nokia announced an AI-native RAN platform on a subscription model. According to Nokia, it has shown over 20% spectral efficiency gains so far and targets over 100% by 2028. Treat both as vendor claims until independent measurements appear. See spectral efficiency.
Developer access. The public developer route is Network as Code, which exposes operator network capabilities as APIs and follows GSMA Open Gateway and the Linux Foundation CAMARA project. These are network APIs for application developers, not radio interfaces. Nokia also publishes open-source projects on GitHub, none of which opens up the radio products.
Private wireless. MX Industrial Edge, launched in October 2021, runs on the Nokia Digital Automation Cloud. It combines a private LTE or 5G network with on-site edge computing.
Licensing and pricing at the time of writing. All radio and RAN software is proprietary. We found no public price list.
Migration notes
- Open RAN. Nokia describes its AI-RAN platform as compliant with Open RAN standards. Check which O-RAN interfaces and which software release a specific deployment actually enables. See O-RAN.
- From open-source stacks. Experience with srsRAN or OpenAirInterface transfers as knowledge of 3GPP procedures. It does not transfer to Nokia configuration, counters or tooling, which are vendor-specific.
- Old product links. Several older Nokia product URLs for private wireless and management software now redirect to the home page. Search the current site by product name rather than relying on old bookmarks.
Watch for
- Vendor figures. Spectral efficiency, energy and capacity gains come from Nokia’s own tests. Ask for the test conditions.
- Research against product. Nokia Bell Labs reports research on an AI-native air interface, with up to 50% lower transmit power than 5G according to its research page. That is a research result, not a product.
- 6G timelines. Nokia’s 6G page expects the first 6G specifications in 3GPP Release 21 by the fourth quarter of 2028 and first commercial deployments in late 2029. That is Nokia’s view of a standard still being studied. See 6G and research.
- Reorganisation. Product names and business units changed in 2025 and 2026. Check that a product you specify is still sold under the same name.