Chris Gilmour, CTO of Axians UK, explains how Axians, the ICT brand of VINCI Energies, and Nokia 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 digitalisation across industries. 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 centre networking, IP routing, private 5G, fixed network access, and secure communications technologies – with both AI and quantum computing driving the need for IT infrastructure innovation.