Earlier this week, Amazon attempted to launch its first official Kuiper satellites,

as the tech giant looks to build out a space-based broadband service to rival SpaceX's.

The mission was scrubbed due to weather, but it highlights how space infrastructure is propelling greater connectivity.

Take Skylow.

CEO and co-founder Parth Treveti says the global direct-to-device

service operator links cell phones to communication satellites far away from Earth, so users never lose

their mobile connection. What we built was it's called radio access network. It's part of Skylo's IP. We have more than 100 patents

around the entire tech stack that we have built. You should really think about what we do

in the same way that you think about what a carrier does, your cell phone carrier does. So we have

a global network operation center. We have a global core network. We

interconnect with other networks, much like a roaming partner. We have our own SIM range.

So again, the same ingredients that you would find in any world-class network service operator business you would find in Skylo.

Our differentiator in our approach is that it's software defined and therefore infinitely flexible and scalable as new technologies, new constellations get launched.

Skylo recently announced a collaboration with Charter and CNBC parent company Comcast

to enable satellite connectivity for emergency messaging services.

It will be available for mobile customers using certain smartphones.

On this episode, Skylo's role in the growing space-based communications market,

how it compares to competitors like Starlink and

AST Space Mobile, and what comes next? I'm Morgan Brennan, and this is Manifest Space.

Joining me now, Parth Trevetti, Skylo co-founder and CEO, and Parth, it's great to have you on Manifest Space.

Welcome.

Thank you so much, Morgan. I'm excited to be here.

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