Axians and Nokia accelerate strategic partnership to advance communications infrastructure across EMEA

Together, Axians and Nokia will expand and deliver end-to-end, secure and reliable networks to the enterprise market.

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September 16, 2025 – Axians, the ICT brand of VINCI Energies, and Nokia, a B2B technology innovation leader, are deepening their strategic collaboration to drive the next phase of communications infrastructure and mobile network development in the EMEA region. The combined solutions are targeted to meet the growing demand for high-performing connectivity and digitalization across industries.

This announcement marks the acceleration of a long-standing partnership between Axians and Nokia, which have already joined forces on high-impact projects in the past, including the deployment of mission-critical infrastructures, with fixed and mobile networks.

Building on this foundation, Axians and Nokia will now scale their joint efforts to support European organizations with resilient, high-performance networking solutions. The collaboration will focus on delivering next-generation connectivity, including optical transport, data center networking, IP routing, private 5G, fixed network access, and secure communications technologies.

“Building upon our existing success, we are excited to accelerate our strategic partnership with Nokia to offer a stronger value proposition to the European market. By combining Axians integration capabilities and decades of experience in tailored network solutions with Nokia’s comprehensive technology portfolio, we are well positioned to scale up secure, reliable networks across industries like utilities and transportation, among others,” said Christian Cartalas, Axians Brand
Director, senior VP Axians Global Network.

“Nokia and Axians share a commitment to solving business-critical network challenges and meeting the rising demand for robust infrastructure and advanced connectivity. A great example is private 5G networks that help accelerate the digital transformation of industries and enterprises,” said Pierre-Gaël Chantereau, President of Nokia France, VP Mobile Networks Europe South. “Together, we are developing integrated solutions and services for all customer needs including fixed, IP, data center,optical and mobile networks.”

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Axians Contact Person:
Henk Bruggeman
Head of Marketing & Communication Axians
henk.bruggeman@axians.com

About Axians
Axians, the ICT brand of VINCI Energies, supports its customers — private-sector companies, public-sector entities, operators and service providers — in their infrastructures and digital solutions development.

To this end, Axians offers a comprehensive range of ICT solutions and services spanning business applications and data analytics, enterprise networks and digital workspaces, datacenters and cloud services, telecommunications infrastructure and cybersecurity.

Axians’ specialized consulting, design, integration and service teams develop bespoke digital transformation solutions that contribute to successful business outcomes for its customers.

www.axians.com

Revenues of €3.7 billion // 16,600 employees // 38 countries

About VINCI Energies

In a world undergoing constant change, VINCI Energies contributes to the environmental transition by helping bring about major trends in the digital landscape and energy sector. VINCI Energies’ teams roll out technologies and integrate customised multi-technical solutions, from design to implementation, operation and maintenance. With their strong local roots and agile and innovative structure, VINCI Energies’ 2,100 business units have positioned themselves at the heart of the energy choices of their customers, boosting the reliability, efficiency and sustainability of their infrastructure and processes. VINCI Energies strives for global performance, caring for the planet, useful to people and committed to local communities.

2024: €20.4 billion // 102,600 employees // 2,100 Business Units // 61 countries

www.vinci-energies.com

About Nokia

At Nokia, we create technology that helps the world act together.

As a B2B technology innovation leader, we are pioneering networks that sense, think and act by leveraging our work across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. In addition, we create value with intellectual property and long term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs, which is celebrating 100 years of innovation.

With truly open architectures that seamlessly integrate into any ecosystem, our high-performance networks create new opportunities for monetization and scale. Service providers, enterprises and partners worldwide trust Nokia to deliver secure, reliable and sustainable networks today – and work with us to create the digital services and applications of the future.