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  • 100 years pioneering

From imagining the impossible to innovating the future to impacting millions - our story began 100 years ago, and we’re just getting started.

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Nokia Bell Labs is innovating the technologies that will transform the way we live our lives. But we don't just follow the trends that redefine what's possible; we create them, setting the standard for the industry and powering Nokia's future technologies. Our research spans various fields across the world and beyond.

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Quantum

We are radically transforming computing, networks, security and industry. For a century, our visionary research at Nokia Bell Labs has constantly pushed the frontiers of what’s possible. Now, with our pioneering spirit powering Nokia’s real-world impact, we are building quantum technologies to radically transform industries and reshape how we live.

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5 misconceptions about Q-Day

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Nokia Bell Labs’ physics-based approach to the quantum computer

Quantum 2.0 is here

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Quantum 2.0 is here

Space communication

We are revolutionizing the space economy with out-of-this-world communication networks. At Nokia Bell Labs, our legacy is built on 100 years of bold imagination and innovative breakthroughs that have changed how we connect people and communities worldwide. Now, with Nokia harnessing our visionary technology, together we are delivering the communication building blocks for a rapidly growing space economy and underpinning sustained human presence on the Moon – and beyond.   

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The importance of connectivity in the future space economy

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Nokia and Intuitive Machines deliver first cellular network to the Moon; achieve some key mission objectives

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Networking the Moon and beyond

Artificial intelligence

We are pioneering AI and machine learning to build a better, safer, responsible world. Nokia Bell Labs has been at the forefront of technological transformation for a century, with artificial intelligence central to our breakthroughs. Now, as the innovation core of Nokia, we are using AI as a responsible and impactful force for good to power the digital transformation journey for networks, industry, and people.

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Revolutionizing wireless communications with AI-powered air interface

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Foundational technologies

We are creating the foundational technologies that fundamentally change how society thrives. At Nokia Bell Labs, we don't just follow the trends that redefine what's possible; we create them. Whether it's streaming high-definition video on the go with 5G, enabling real-time remote surgery, or powering smart cities with millions of connected devices, we design the foundational innovations that transform how we interact with the world, and Nokia builds them.

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UNEXT

Sensing

We are inventing technologies that create a sixth digital sense for humans, industry, and networks. For 100 years, imagination has been the spark that drives our ongoing impact on the world. Today, at Nokia Bell Labs, we are creating a digital sixth sense that Nokia is using for transformative real-world solutions. Together, we are redefining how we understand the world around us by powering technologies that can sense and understand our environments and the people and objects within them.

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This Nokia Bell Labs researcher says fiber optics can protect the network - and sense the world

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World’s First Ear-Worn AI/ML Platform for Physiological Monitoring Introduced by Nokia Bell Labs and Cambridge Future Tech

We are radically transforming computing, networks, security and industry. For a century, our visionary research at Nokia Bell Labs has constantly pushed the frontiers of what’s possible. Now, with our pioneering spirit powering Nokia’s real-world impact, we are building quantum technologies to radically transform industries and reshape how we live.

water bubble and color

Article

5 misconceptions about Q-Day

Quantum room

Blog

Nokia Bell Labs’ physics-based approach to the quantum computer

Quantum 2.0 is here

Article

Quantum 2.0 is here

We are revolutionizing the space economy with out-of-this-world communication networks. At Nokia Bell Labs, our legacy is built on 100 years of bold imagination and innovative breakthroughs that have changed how we connect people and communities worldwide. Now, with Nokia harnessing our visionary technology, together we are delivering the communication building blocks for a rapidly growing space economy and underpinning sustained human presence on the Moon – and beyond.   

John Dow

Video

The importance of connectivity in the future space economy

Watch The importance of connectivity in the future space economy on YouTube.
Press Release

Press Release

Nokia and Intuitive Machines deliver first cellular network to the Moon; achieve some key mission objectives

moon surface

Research project

Networking the Moon and beyond

We are pioneering AI and machine learning to build a better, safer, responsible world. Nokia Bell Labs has been at the forefront of technological transformation for a century, with artificial intelligence central to our breakthroughs. Now, as the innovation core of Nokia, we are using AI as a responsible and impactful force for good to power the digital transformation journey for networks, industry, and people.

Balanced stones

Research Project

Responsible AI

The AI conference

Video

The AI conference - revolutionizing the future of digital twins with AI

Watch The AI conference - revolutionizing the future of digital twins with AI on YouTube.
AI interface

Video

Revolutionizing wireless communications with AI-powered air interface

Watch 6G AI native air interface proof of concept on YouTube.

We are creating the foundational technologies that fundamentally change how society thrives. At Nokia Bell Labs, we don't just follow the trends that redefine what's possible; we create them. Whether it's streaming high-definition video on the go with 5G, enabling real-time remote surgery, or powering smart cities with millions of connected devices, we design the foundational innovations that transform how we interact with the world, and Nokia builds them.

Connections

Research Project

Long-term wireless research

Bridge

Research project

Optical communication

Purple blocks

Research Project

UNEXT

We are inventing technologies that create a sixth digital sense for humans, industry, and networks. For 100 years, imagination has been the spark that drives our ongoing impact on the world. Today, at Nokia Bell Labs, we are creating a digital sixth sense that Nokia is using for transformative real-world solutions. Together, we are redefining how we understand the world around us by powering technologies that can sense and understand our environments and the people and objects within them.

Lab

Research

Shaping 6G with a digital "sixth sense"

Watch Using 6G to sense objects in the real world on YouTube.
Mikael Mazur

Blog

This Nokia Bell Labs researcher says fiber optics can protect the network - and sense the world

Omnibuds

Web site

World’s First Ear-Worn AI/ML Platform for Physiological Monitoring Introduced by Nokia Bell Labs and Cambridge Future Tech

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Over the past 100 years, Nokia Bell Labs scientists have made many discoveries and innovations that have resulted in hundreds of prestigious prizes, including ten Nobel Prizes and five Turing Awards.

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The economic impact of quantum technologies extends beyond computing

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The road to quantum-safe networks

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A history of beating optical limits is our best hope for the future

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This optical researcher is on the hunt for the most efficient transmission of information

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IEEE Spectrum: Microsoft and Nokia are developing a contentious new type of quantum computer

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Meet the people behind the technology

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This optical researcher is on the hunt for the most efficient transmission of information

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Pushing boundaries: Optical researcher Khouloud Abdelli seeks not just a speedy network, but a reliable one

Dimitrios Schoinianakis

Q-Day is coming, but a Nokia Bell Labs quantum security researcher is making sure our networks are ready

Lelio Di Martino

Nokia Bell Labs researcher’s digital twin prototype provides glimpse into network of the future

Sandro Lanfranco

Between a rock and a hard(ware) place: Nokia Bell Labs researcher designs the first lunar cellular network

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This Nokia Bell Labs optical researcher drives the high-speed information highway

Holly Rubin

Holly Rubin’s job is to think of everything that could go wrong in Nokia’s Moon mission

Sanja Šćepanović

This Nokia Bell Labs AI researcher looks to the stars for solutions on Earth

Koen De Schepper

Innovative Nokia Bell Labs researcher takes aim at Internet’s most irksome quality

Sylvain Almonacil

This record-breaking Nokia Bell Labs researcher has a need for speed

Luis Maestro

The Moon Maestro: Meet the Nokia Bell Labs innovator taking networks out of this world

Anne Lee

Trailblazing Nokia Bell Labs technologist Anne Lee aims for gender equity in Tech

Mikael Mazur

This Nokia Bell Labs researcher says fiber optics can protect the network - and sense the world

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This researcher is pushing passive optical networks to multiple limits

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A limit within a limit: How René-Jean Essiambre shaped the direction of optical research

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