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STULZ Oceania ( Power ) and Natural Power Solutions ( NPS ) announce new partnership

Centiel uninterruptible power supply ( UPS ) technology solutions across Australia .
The partnership will further strengthen STULZ Oceania ’ s new ‘ Power ’ division and open substantial avenues for growth and innovation within the UPS market space for both companies .
“ NPS ’ s reputation , experience and longevity in the marketplace make them a perfect partner for STULZ Oceania ( Power ),” said John Jakovcevic , Managing Director , STULZ Oceania .
Power Quality sector developing , designing and delivering innovative power and cooling solutions to the APAC market .
NPS supports clients of all sizes from SMBs to Multinational Organisations and Government across all sectors .
Mark Sewell , Managing Director , NPS , said : “ Both our businesses are growing quickly and this partnership allows us to offer our clients a wider range of best-in-class cooling and power solutions , along with excellent servicing .”

STULZ Oceania ( Power ) has partnered with leading reseller Natural Power Solutions

( NPS ) to supply and service its Swiss-made
“ The UPS market is rapidly growing and together we ’ re ready to meet the demand by giving even more customers access to the Centiel range of class-leading , energyefficient reliable UPS systems .”
Established 30 years ago , Natural Power Solutions ( NPS ) is a market leader within the
STULZ Oceania ( Power ) is a new subsidiary of STULZ Oceania dedicated to distributing and servicing uninterrupted power supply ( UPS ) solutions to various industries . This partnership comes on the back of STULZ ’ s acquisition of Melbourne-based Fusion Energy Group ’ s UPS and CRAC business last month .

Nokia and Bharti Airtel complete successful 5G NSA Cloud RAN trial in India

Nokia has confirmed the successful completion of its first 5G non-standalone ( NSA ) Cloud RAN trial with Bharti Airtel ( Airtel ) in India .

The trial took place in an over-the-air environment utilizing 3.5 GHz spectrum for 5G and 2100 MHz for 4G . Data calls were successfully performed with commercial user devices over Airtel ’ s commercial network achieving a throughput of over 1.2 Gbps . The trial utilized Nokia ’ s RAN Software for virtualized Distributed Unit ( vDU ) and virtualized Centralized Unit ( vCU ) running on x86 Hardware with a CaaS layer . The trial also used Nokia ’ s L1 acceleration that will enable enhanced power efficiency and support Nokia ’ s anyRAN benefits of using common RAN software with the purpose-built part of the network . This will enable common functionality and performance across the hybrid network .
The trial marks a significant milestone in Airtel ’ s overall cloudification journey and supports the operator ’ s ambition of bringing cloud networking benefits , such as scalability and agility , to their network .
Randeep Sekhon , Chief Technology Officer , Bharti Airtel , said : “ This partnership with
Nokia has enabled us to pioneer innovative solutions to upgrade our capabilities in 5G .”
Tommi Uitto , President of Mobile Networks , Nokia , said : “ This successful trial with our long-term partner , Bharti Airtel supports their ambitions for building scalable , agile and highly automated networks .”
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