Morgan Stanley Upgrades
Nokia: Story misunderstood
Morgan Stanley Sees New Nokia
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ET 4/16/15 | Dow Jones 1220 GMT [Dow Jones]-- Nokia's shares have lost
around 4% this week. It fell 3.6% alone on Tuesday, when it
announced advanced talks over a bid for Alcatel-Lucent. But the
Nokia story is "misunderstood" says Morgan Stanley in a note,
upgrading it to overweight from equalweight. Previously, Morgan
Stanley described Nokia's product portfolio as narrow. With
Alcatel, Nokia has exposure to the no.2 edge routing player, a
strong footing in the consolidating optical market and a duopoly
position in the growing wireline access market. In the U.S., Nokia
will supply to all big four wireless operators and the larger Nokia
will have doubled its patent portfolio too. "We find this product
portfolio stronger than Ericsson on paper in a consolidating market."
(Andrea.Tryphonides@wsj.com / @ATryphonides)
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