The analyst recommends accumulating dips in Nokia (NOK) and BlackBerry (BB) due to their roles in AI infrastructure and embedded software, viewing them as early and undervalued plays.
Nokia's optical networks division benefits from AI-driven demand for subsea and metro infrastructure, while BlackBerry's QNX OS is critical for AI-powered vehicles and cybersecurity, making both companies key players in the AI infrastructure stack.
$NOK & $BB — The Quiet Infrastructure Play $NOK — Nokia & Optical Networking 5G is the delivery mechanism for AI at the edge — but the deeper story is optical. $NOK’s optical networks division is one of the largest in the world, competing in subsea, metro, and long-haul infrastructure that AI is accelerating hard. Hyperscalers are spending hundreds of billions connecting data centers globally — every byte travelling between those facilities runs through optical networks. Nokia’s PSE-6s coherent optical engine pushes terabit-level throughput that AI traffic demands. Subsea cable investment is surging as cloud giants build private undersea networks — $NOK is a direct beneficiary. Add in AI-optimized radio networks, private wireless, and network slicing for enterprise and the picture gets even bigger. As AI workloads push from the data center to the edge, the network layer becomes the bottleneck. $NOK solves that bottleneck. $BB — BlackBerry / QNX QNX is the silent giant hiding inside $BB. The most trusted real-time operating system on the planet — embedded in over 255 million vehicles and counting. As vehicles become AI-powered computers on wheels, QNX is the secure foundation every automaker needs. Physical AI doesn’t just live in robots and drones — it lives in your car. $BB owns that layer. And as AI expands the cybersecurity attack surface across enterprise and critical infrastructure, $BB’s security software business only becomes more relevant. The Silicon-to-Substation stack runs through compute, memory, photonics, power — and optical networking, connectivity, and embedded software. $NOK and $BB sit exactly there. Early. Undervalued. Accumulate every dip. The bigger days are ahead. Not financial advice.
| Horizon | Raw move | vs SPY |
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| 1 day | +9.5% | +7.8% |
| 1 week | -0.2% | -3.2% |
| 1 month | -26.1% | -27.5% |
| 3 months | — | — |
| 6 months | — | — |