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Does Nokia support Israel?
Nokia Corporation
Nokia does business in Israel — we found records of its operations there, but no record of donations, aid, or a public statement of support. Every claim below links to its source.
Filed under: Tech companies · Companies that support Israel
Timeline of documented records
Documented records
| Type | Date | Amount | Recipient | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government contract | 2001-07-15 | — | Cellcom (Israeli mobile operator) Nokia signed a contract to deliver a GSM 1800 and GPRS network for Cellcom in Israel, an early infrastructure supply relationship with Israel's largest mobile operator at the time. | One source |
| Acquisition | 2014-07 | — | NICE Systems (3D geolocation technology unit) Nokia (Networks) acquired NICE Systems' 3D geolocation technology business, returning to Israel two years after shutting its ~500-person Israeli R&D center in 2012, and said it would build up a competence center in Israel around 3D network modeling. Deal value undisclosed. | One source |
| Operations in Israel | 2024 | — | Nokia Israel (Kfar Saba) Nokia Solutions and Networks Israel Ltd runs a roughly 150-person operation in Kfar Saba spanning a go-to-market group serving Israeli service providers and a development group, including a global development center for Nokia's CloudBand cloud division (an Alcatel-Lucent heritage operation that came with Nokia's 2016 Alcatel-Lucent acquisition) and a branch of Nokia Bell Labs researching distributed cloud networking. | |
| Partnership | 2022-02-28 | — | Cellcom (Israel), with Telia (Finland) Nokia announced the world's first deployment of its 5G Edge Slicing solution on live commercial networks with Cellcom and Telia; the Cellcom trial ran on a live network in Netanya, Israel, targeting enterprise VPN services over 4G/5G. | |
| Acquisition | 2024-11 | — | Rapid (formerly RapidAPI, Israel) Nokia acquired the technology assets and Israeli R&D team of Rapid (formerly RapidAPI), a Tel Aviv API-hub company once valued at $1 billion, to accelerate Nokia's network-API and 5G monetization strategy. Financial terms were not disclosed. |
Frequently asked questions
Did Nokia donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?
We have no records of donations. What is on record is commercial activity in Israel (Government contract, Acquisition, Operations in Israel, Partnership), which is not the same as support — see the records on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 8 distinct sources are cited for Nokia. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.
Sources & citations
Record last updated: 2026-09-25
- GlobeNewswire (Nokia press release) globenewswire.com
- Times of Israel timesofisrael.com
- Haaretz (labels) haaretz.com
- Aron Heller (AP feature) aronheller.com
- Nokia (press release) nokia.com
- GlobeNewswire globenewswire.com
- Globes en.globes.co.il
- CTech (Calcalist) calcalistech.com