Skylo, a Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) service corporations, said on the 26th that it won the GSMA Global Mobile Awards (GLOMO) 2026 Best Connected Consumer Device institutional sector at MWC, the world's largest mobile communications show held in Barcelona, Spain, on the 26th.
The company said the award recognized Skylo's work applying satellite consolidation technology to the Garmin fēnix 8 Pro smartwatch, developed in collaboration with Garmin and Sony Altair. Skylo said the award is significant because it shows satellite consolidation has moved beyond a backup in emergencies or special environments to become standard infrastructure that makes up mobile networks.
Skylo aims to integrate satellites as a common consolidation layer spanning mobile carriers, devices, and regions, rather than a separate standalone system. At MWC26, Skylo unveiled 5G satellite communications (NR NTN) technology, presenting a direction that directly integrates satellites into existing mobile networks and delivers a seamless consolidation experience across Wi-Fi, terrestrial networks, and satellite networks.
Skylo sees the core challenge in the satellite-to-device market not as simple coverage expansion anymore, but as resolving fragmentation between networks. Accordingly, it is focusing on securing interoperability among mobile carriers, chipsets, and devices through a 3GPP (international standard)-based architecture and building a single integrated consolidation environment.
Parth Trivedi, Skylo co-founder and CEO, said, "Satellite consolidation is no longer a last resort; it has become a core element that makes up mobile networks," and added, "The future is integrating terrestrial and satellite networks into a single standardized consolidation layer, and Skylo is working with partners to make this a reality."
Skylo currently provides service in more than 37 countries and is expanding NTN commercialization based on coverage of more than 70 million ㎢ and 68 certified devices. In Korea, it is working with Samsung Electronics to equip the U.S.-bound Galaxy S26 series with satellite SOS messages and texting, and with LG Electronics to jointly demonstrate AI voice recognition-based in-vehicle emergency response, expanding cooperation across the mobile and mobility ecosystem.