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| It is more to secure that we have the best customer interconnection and can serve customers in the best possible way |
| Just like you said, we've seen a very good development on different court outcomes that we've been on a winning side, and that's why we are very confident on the quality of our patents |
| And the technology has improved so much from 2019 to 2020, especially in terms of power consumption that given the high power prices and ESG that most operators now have, we believe that there will be significant upgrade opportunities in mid-generation as well |
| And that's why we believe also that we should have a positive outcome in these dedications and negotiations that we have |
| These dedicated sales teams with a strong product and customer connection will enable business groups to better seize growth opportunities and diversify into enterprise web scale and government sectors |
| So this is a perfect example of a market now where there is a lot of long-term potential combined and also mid-term potential, combined with a strong technology leadership position |
| There is obviously, very interesting opportunities to improve R&D productivity through new technologies |
| We have already seen that in the right hands, for example, AI co-pilots are significantly improving the productivity of software development, for example |
| To summarize, our third quarter performance demonstrated resilience in our operating margin despite the impact of the weaker environment on our net sales |
| I mean we continue to believe in a highly favorable outlook for fixed networks because if you look at, for example, the stats that we gave in the Q2 report as to how many percent of the world's homes have been fast or connected |
| We have excellent feedback from customers |
| We have significant traction from the market |
| If then there is a fast recovery, then it's super good, we have lower cost and then we get the benefits of a recovery |
| Pekka Lundmark And that obviously has a connection - direct connections to the product technology competitiveness and your observation of the gross margin is excellent because our technology position, product competitiveness and it's improved a lot in the last couple of years |
| As you can see in the bottom left of the slide, over the last 18 months, we have gained over 3 points of market share in the overall RAN market, excluding China, a real testament to the improved competitiveness of our products |
| So that remains to be an attractive opportunity |
| We are able to deliver 800 gigabit services over 2,000 kilometers which is a real technology leadership position in the whole world |
| Operating margin in Cloud and Network Services expanded by 290 basis points, somewhat also benefiting from other operating income |
| We remain confident in our ability to return to the €1.4 billion to €1.5 billion run rate that we have had been in the past as we complete the smartphone licensing renewal cycle and further expanding to new growth areas |
| And this gives - beyond the more normal market development this gives the new opportunities for growth in AI as well |
| So we believe that this is a win-win |
| The growth in Optical Networks of 4% was primarily driven by India and showed the continuing momentum and customer engagement with our PSE-V solutions |
| Saying that, I want to emphasize once again that our aim is to protect the R&D capacity so that we will continue to aim for technology leadership position in the future as well |
| And we saw continued year-on-year growth in India, where the net sales grew 121% in the quarter, and this was driven by both Mobile Networks and Network Infrastructure |
| But our relative position here is pretty strong |
| Overall, enterprise remains a key part of our strategy, and we are pleased with the progress here despite the macro uncertainty we have been seeing elsewhere in the business |
| We have had significant traction from several service providers, including Tier 2 and Tier 3 service providers that will be making investments and getting funding from the BEAD initiative |
| Data traffic is expected to continue to grow 20% to 30% per year |
| And we are clear technology leader in this segment |
| On fixed broadband access, from many analysts are now targeting roughly stable market development for the next five years and you have been historically quite constructive or positive on the growth prospect for fiber going forward |
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| IP Network sales declined by 24%, reflecting weakness in North America as customers continue to evaluate the spending as well as small declines in other regions |
| We saw further deterioration in the quarter, namely in Mobile Networks and to lesser extent Network Infrastructure |
| They have been disappointed on their own ability to monetize 5G, and then there is the weak economy and high interest rates and so on |
| Mobile Networks addressable market is now expected to decline 9% as the macro uncertainty continued to adversely impact our year |
| The 19% decline in Fixed Networks was broad-based, exacerbated by tough comparisons to the quarter year - corresponding quarter a year ago |
| We saw an increased impact on our business from the macroeconomic challenges, which are pressuring operator spending, and that's resulted in a 15% year-on-year decline in net sales |
| Network Infrastructure sales declined by 14% with most business lines declining with the exception of Optical Networks |
| I mean this is obviously one of the most important strategic questions for the whole industry going forward because a key reason why operators have been hesitant with their investments has been that that their 5G monetization has been slower than expected |
| North America sales were impacted by the challenging macro environment and as customers continued to digest inventories |
| We saw declines in most regions and notably in North America, where we saw the largest impact from the macroeconomic as well as from inventory digestion that Pekka referred to as well, and this led to a decline of 40% year-on-year |
| It's been quite difficult and the promises of things like LTE Advanced or 4.5G have not materialized |
| And then unless something else is going to kick in on a full year basis, Nokia could see quite a big drop in revenues as such really |
| Nokia Technologies declined 14% as a result of the same two items that have impacted prior quarters in 2023 |
| Our free cash flow was negative €400 million in a quarter and was mainly driven by continued outflows in net working capital |
| And now we have two quarters behind us, where we have 40% drop in top line |
| And the reason for that has been that it has been difficult for them to introduce new applications that would take advantage of the capabilities of 5G |
| And this reflected the regional mix that has been impacting the business through the year, mainly due to increased levels of sales in India and then, of course, the lower sales in North America |
| In terms of what you've announced in terms of cost reductions and what we've seen in the most recent quarter, I mean, your sales fell very substantially short in the third quarter, but your gross margin wasn't that bad |
| And as you said yourself, the problem fundamentally is that although 5G was great from a cost per bit standpoint for the operators, they have not been able to monetize their investments with higher ARPU, higher EBITDA |
| But yet, your top-line is not and you said that the operators are struggling to monetize this data growth anyway |
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