I picked up a very small number of shares of Nokia today at $4.85. I've done quite a bit of research on them and see them as a 5g (mobile internet connection) play. They're not a mobile phone company anymore (they only license out the brand to HMD Global) which I see as a common thing people focus on and I don't think the mobile phone licensing will have a material impact on the company. However, with 5g this company is working to make it a reality all over the world. Just Google "[Country Name] 5G" and read a few articles and it will mention Nokia. I've researched a lot of regions and countries of the world and it doesn't look like 5g will be out until 2020. However the roll out of 5g will be a progression from 4g, 4.5g, 4.5g Pro, 4.9g, to 5g. So there will be steady revenue for Nokia over 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020+. Why is 5g important? Because of the internet of things. Almost every device in the future will be connected to the internet. 5g is required for this capacity. 5g is required for autonomous vehicles and a million other technologies that rely on top notch speed and low latency with high capacity. Preliminary tests of 5g will begin in the U.S. with Verizon in 2017. South Korea is already starting. Nokia has strong ties with South Korea Telecom and Japan and china operators such as china mobile. Also note, Nokia is the biggest player by market share at 30%.
Basically to sum it up: Nokia's got ties to the telecom infastructure of 150+ countries which will need infastructure updates over the next 3+ years.
Submitted January 10, 2017 at 04:22PM by mega_reddit http://ift.tt/2j5doEN
