GLOMO Awards 2025: Celebrating Innovation, Connectivity, and Excellence in Mobile Technology

The GSMA announced the winners of the 30th annual Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards during a ceremony hosted today on the Turing Stage, at MWC25 Barcelona.

The GLOMO Awards stand out as the connectivity industry’s most prestigious accolade, recognising both the established and emerging brands leading us into a hyper-connected, hyper-real, and hyper-intelligent future.

With 33 awards across seven categories, the winners are chosen by a panel of over 200 independent judges representing the industry’s most prominent subject matter experts.

Winning a GLOMO award is the highest mark of recognition from your peers across the connectivity industry, acknowledging unparalleled achievement across the entire digital landscape. As we celebrate GLOMOs’ 30th edition, this year’s winners embody the industry’s relentless drive for excellence, from groundbreaking technologies to transformative solutions that improve connectivity worldwide.

– Lara Dewar, Chief Marketing Officer, GSMA

New to the awards this year is the category for Marketing Excellence, awarding outstanding activity in event activation and marketing campaigns, reflecting the growing importance of innovative marketing strategies in shaping the future of the digital landscape.

Introducing the winners of the 2025 GLOMO Awards

Mobile Tech

CTO Choice: Outstanding Mobile Technology Award:  China Mobile and Huawei for Telecom Foundation Model

Best Mobile Network Infrastructure:  Huawei for GigaGreen Radio

Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough:  Huawei for GigaGear for 5G SA Solution

Best Network Software Breakthrough:  China Mobile and Huawei for Telecom Foundation Model

Best Digital Tech Breakthrough for Companies with Under $10million Annual Global Revenue:  BroadForward – World first Cloud-Native Signalling Transfer Point

Best Mobile Security Solution:  Singtel Enterprise Mobile Protect & 5G Priority

GSMA Foundry Innovation Award:  ZTE for Minimalist Private 5G for Entertainment

Best Cloud Solution:  SK Telecom for Petasus Cloud

Best Non-Terrestrial Network Solution:  Skylo for Direct-to-Device Messaging and SOS Connectivity on Android

Best Private Network Solution:  China Unicom Guangdong, Gree and Huawei for World’s Largest Next-Generation “Lights-out” Factory

Digital Everything

Best Mobile Operator Service for Connected Consumers:  SK Telecom for APS

Best Mobile Innovation for Connected Economy:  China Unicom Guangdong, Gree and Huawei for World’s Largest Next-Generation “Lights-out” Factory

Best Mobile Innovation for Connected Health and Wellbeing:  China Telecom for The World’s First 5G UAV Medical Delivery Network in Hangzhou City

Best Mobile Innovation for Digital Life:  Rakuten NEO

Best Mobile Innovation for Cities:  China Unicom, Yunhuan Connected Drone Technology and ZTE for 5G-A smart blood delivery in urban blood stations

Best AI Innovation:  Qualcomm for the Qualcomm AI Engine in Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform

Best Fintech Innovation:  bKash and Huawei for Bridging the Gap: Digital Loan Solution for All

Open Gateway Challenge:  China Mobile, Alibaba Cloud Computing, ByteDance and ZTE for the AaaS Open Gateway Platform with Alipay and TikTok

Device

Best Smartphone:  Google Pixel 9 Pro

Breakthrough Device Innovation:  Google Gemini

Best Connected Consumer Device:  TECNO for MEGA MINI Gaming G1

Best in Show: Xiaomi 15 Ultra

Tech4Good

Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Markets:  China Mobile Qinghai & Huawei Wireless RuralStar Plus

Best Mobile Innovation Supporting Emergency or Humanitarian Situations:  Kyiv Digital Shield

Best Use of Mobile for Accessibility & Inclusion:  RAZ Memory Cell Phone

Best Mobile Innovation for Climate Action:  Silvanet – Ultra-Early Wildfire Detection

Outstanding Mobile Contribution to the UN SDGs:  SK Telecom for Happy Habit

Best Mobile Innovation for Enhancing the Lives of Children and Young People:  SK Telecom and YATAV for Meta Forest

Government Leadership Award

Government Leadership Award:  The Federative Republic of Brazil

Outstanding Achievement

Outstanding Contribution to the Mobile Industry / Chairman’s Award:  Mats Granryd, Director General, GSMA

Diversity in Tech Award: Ayumi Moore Aoki, Founder and CEO, Women in Tech

Marketing Excellence Award

Best Event Activation:  Orange for Ambient Mobile Technology at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

CMO Marketing Campaign Award:  VEON for Mobilink Bank

For further information about the GLOMOs, visit: https://www.mwcbarcelona.com/mobile-awards