Infinera Corp (NASDAQ: INFN) is up 20% on Friday after Nokia Oyj disclosed plans of buying the California-based company for $2.3 billion. Shares of the telecommunications giant are roughly flat at writing.
Nokia has inked an agreement to acquire Infinera Corp for $2.3 billion to expand its optical network business, particularly in North America. The acquisition of the US optical networking gear maker would make Nokia the second largest optical networking vendor with a 20% market share, trailing Huawei.
Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN ), a maker of optical equipment, is soaring today on news that Nokia (NYSE: NOK ) will acquire it in a $2.3 billion deal. Nokia appears to have decided to acquire Infinera in order to double down on its artificial intelligence (AI) data center business and compete more effectively with Huawei and Ciena (NYSE: CIEN ).
Shares of Infinera (INFN) soared in premarket trading Friday, a day after the optical networking solutions company agreed to be acquired by Finnish telecommunications firm Nokia (NOK) for $2.3 billion.
The combined Nokia and Infinera will have a market share of around 20% globally, broadly equal to Ciena but lagging Huawei's 31% share.
Nokia's bid to buy U.S. optical networking gear maker Infinera in a $2.3 billion deal puts the Finnish company on track to gain from the billions of dollars in investment pouring into data centres to cater to the rise of artificial intelligence.
Finnish telecommunications major Nokia Corporation will be acquiring California-based telecommunication equipment company Infinera Corporation for $2.3 billion in a bid to scale up its optical business, the company announced on Thursday. Infinera's stock rose 18% after the deal announcement.
Nokia is exploring a potential acquisition of Infinera Corp , a maker of optical telecommunications equipment, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Infinera (INFN) demonstrates xHaul's multi-vendor handling capability in the European Open Test & Integration Center in collaboration with DZS and Calnex.
Infinera Corporation (NASDAQ:INFN ) Q1 2024 Results Conference Call May 14, 2024 5:00 PM ET Company Participants Amitabh Passi - Head of Investor Relations David Heard - CEO & Director Nancy Erba - Chief Financial Officer Ron Johnson - Senior VP & GM of Infinera's Optical Subsystems and Global Engineering Conference Call Participants Samik Chatterjee - JPMorgan Simon Leopold - Raymond James Christian Schwab - Craig-Hallum Capital Group Michael Genovese - Rosenblatt Securities Karan Juvekar - Morgan George Notter - Jefferies David Kang - B. Riley Operator Thank you for standing by.