IBM spinoff Kyndryl and Finnish telecoms gear maker Nokia have formed a global ‘network and edge computing alliance’ which the companies said is aimed to help enterprises accelerate their digital transformation by leveraging LTE and 5G private wireless networking.

The collaboration has already resulted in private LTE and 5G real-world deployments and several proof-of-concept (PoC) applications for Dow Inc. to support Industry 4.0-enabled worker safety and collaboration, asset tracking, and other capabilities using a blueprint that it plans to expand and deploy across its sites worldwide, as per an official statement.

“By collaborating with Nokia, we’re taking another step forward in helping our customers unlock the power of LTE and 5G through a secure, private environment,” said Paul Savill, global practice leader of Network and Edge computing for Kyndry

By combining Kyndryl’s services expertise and global reach with Nokia’s mission-critical, private wireless and industry-grade edge computing solutions, Nokia will enable more organizations to transform their operations, accelerate their digitalization and reap benefits of Industry 4.0, said Chris Johnson, head of the Global Enterprise Business at Nokia.

Kyndryl and Nokia also plan to explore and develop new, integrated solutions and services for Edge Cloud, IP networking, Optics, Fixed Access, 4G and 5G Core and Network Operations software technologies that can address growing demand for mission-critical, industrial-grade wireless networking to capitalize on the transformational benefits of digitization and automation.