The EU Commission on Wednesday said it had unconditionally approved the $2.3 billion acquisition of U.S. optical semiconductors and networking equipment maker Infinera by Nokia .

Nokia said on Friday that the acquisition will help it serve telecom operators, webscalers, and enterprises, unlocking new opportunities of the artificial intelligence (AI) era.

EU Commission gives deal the green lightFinnish vendor Nokia has completed the €2.19 billion ($2.3bn) acquisition of networking firm Infinera.