Nokia Oyj expanded its partnership with Microsoft to transform telecom automation using unified, AI-driven data operations, connecting Nokia Data Suite directly with Microsoft Fabric to streamline network data access for global telecom operators. The combined platform is designed to shorten network data retrieval times and support multi-vendor AI use cases such as autonomous assurance and predictive maintenance. Nokia Oyj runs mobile, fixed, and cloud network infrastructure across regions where telecom operators are pushing hard into AI driven automation, giving the €52.4 billion communications group a broad base of carrier data and multi vendor networks for Microsoft powered tooling. The Microsoft Fabric integration points at the AI and cloud order book in Fixed, Optical and Cloud and Network Services, as faster, cleaner network data feeds make it easier for carriers to adopt higher value software such as autonomous assurance and predictive maintenance. Nokia is still described as a challenger with hyperscalers and some cloud or AI optical domains. The clearest proof point to watch is how management attributes AI driven software and automation bookings in upcoming quarterly updates through 2027, especially any quantified contribution from Microsoft Fabric based deployments versus traditional network contracts.