The XG Mobile Forum (XGMF), which promotes the deployment of mobile services/mobile business, and the Flexible Factory Partner Alliance (FFPA), which promotes the deployment of wireless communications in factories, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate toward building a global ecosystem for industrial wireless communications, especially industrial 5G. The FFPA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate toward building a global ecosystem for industrial wireless communications, especially for industrial 5G. This new partnership will promote the use of wireless communications in smart factories and other applications.