Kyndryl and Nokia have launched a worldwide network and edge computing cooperation focused at accelerating corporate clients’ digital transformations with industrial-grade dependable and secure LTE and 5G private wireless networking, announced a Kyndryl press release.
As per the announcement, the collaboration builds on a successful private wireless connectivity project that resulted in an innovative solution uniting Nokia’s Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) application platform with Kyndryl’s consulting, design, implementation, and managed services.
Kyndryl explains, the solution is aimed at supporting Industry 4.0, which is transforming how companies manufacture and distribute their products through the interaction with IoT, cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and other advances to their environments and operations.
The collaboration has already resulted in private LTE and 5G real-world deployments, as well as 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 the company plans to expand and deploy across its sites globally.
“As enterprises across every industry are seeking new ways to digitally transform their operations, 5G and edge computing are growing so they can harness the promise of these emerging technologies,” said Paul Savill, global practice leader of Network and Edge computing for Kyndryl.
“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 that helps them deliver tailored enterprise-grade edge solutions that drive new value for their bottom lines and next gen customer experiences,” Savill added.
By collaborating to provide solutions over LTE and 5G standards, Kyndryl and Nokia are addressing market opportunities that already take advantage of the strong industrial ecosystem available with LTE, while also paving the way for significant 5G enhancements in future 3GPP releases, with existing Nokia DAC 5G stand alone-ready private wireless solutions.
Chris Johnson, head of the Global Enterprise Business at Nokia, said: “By combining Kyndryl’s world-class services expertise and global reach with Nokia’s mission-critical, industry leading private wireless and industrial edge computing solutions, we will enable even more organizations to transform their operations, accelerate their digitalization journey and reap the benefits of Industry 4.0.”
Kyndryl and Nokia share the view that private wireless networking over LTE and 5G will offer new levels of operational flexibility and adaptability across a wide variety of asset-intensive sectors, with manufacturing serving as a main market area.
In addition, Kyndryl and Nokia intend 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 the growing demand for mission-critical, industrial-grade wireless networking in order to capitalise on the transformative benefits of digitization and automation.
