Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has decided to diverge from the telecoms market a little in order to enter the energy sector. Although telecoms are to be the main focus of NSN, the phone system equipment maker is currently looking for partners in order to cater for the spike in demand for renewable energy, smart metering and intelligent power grids.

NSN has recently announced its scheme to merge its five separate businesses into three – Business Solutions, Global Services and Network Systems. Under this new scheme, the energy sector of NSN will fall under the Business Solutions category.

NSN has already made a start niggling its way into the energy sector; it has recently won a contract to provide its Open Element Management System (EMS) to ServusNet, a software company based in Ireland that enables wind farms to optimise power generation.