Nokia is in talks to buy Juniper Networks, sources told CNBC, a technology deal that would marry a multibillion-dollar networking company with Nokia’s infrastructure resources.

The offer would value Juniper at around $16 billion, one of the sources said, above its market capitalization of around $11.12 billion at Wednesday’s close.

Shares of Juniper rose more than 19 percent in after-hours trading.

A Juniper spokesperson declined to comment, citing a policy against addressing “market speculation or rumors.” Nokia was not immediately available to comment.

Juniper, based in Sunnyvale, California, offers services like security and routing. While Finland-based Nokia is best known today for its iconic mobile phones, it has been in the telecom equipment business since the 1880s. The company shifted focus to the Internet of Things, 5G and the cloud after its mobile phone business was bought and sold by Microsoft.

Nokia purchased telecom company Alcatel-Lucent for about $16.6 billion last year as part of its latest transformation.

Juniper Networks has deep roots in Silicon Valley. Founder Pradeep Sindhu is an alumnus of Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center and Sun Microsystems.

— CNBC’s Alex Sherman contributed to this report.

Source: Tech CNBC
Nokia prepares offer to buy Juniper; shares skyrocket nearly 20%