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RCR Wireless Editor Sean Kinney discusses news of the day, including Tech Mahindra’s acquisition of Lightbridge Communications, growth in China Mobile’s 4G subscriber base and American Tower’s purchase of cell towers in Brazil.

Mark Strama, head of Google Fiber Austin, at Texas Wireless Summit Head of Google Fiber Austin  Mark Starma, a former member of the Texas House of Representatives, discussed the impending rollout of Google Fiber broadband Internet service in Austin, Texas. …

AT&T says 2015 capital expenditures will be below the 2014 level, and that it will spend $2.5 billion to buy Mexico’s third largest carrier, Iusacell.

Microsoft bought Nokia’s device business but is not keeping the Nokia name on Windows smartphones. Its newest phone, the Lumia 535, packs 1 GB of RAM and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.2 GHz processor, but priced for the lower end of …

The Internet of Things was showcased by Brian Modoff of Duetsche Bank during the Texas Wireless Summit. Modoff discusses what a world filled with connected devices could look like. IoT tools are already being deployed by companies like Enlighted, which …

The U.S. government is reportedly collecting cell phone data through the use of fake cell towers that are airborne.

Verizon will reportedly cut 1,000 jobs by the end of the year, according to Bloomberg.

Mobile device trends were showcased by Samsung’s head of the mobile processor innovation lab Mike Polley at the Texas Wireless Summit. Polley touched on some longer-term horizons including personalized robots, self-driving automobiles and brain controlled wearable devices.

AT&T and Verizon are taking different approaches to tracking users on the Internet.

Sprint is bringing in several new execs and saying goodbye to three of its current leaders.

Samsung may replace the chief of its mobile unit, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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Ashwin Krishnan of Brocade Software Networking shows us how SDN (software-defined networks) works. It’s one of the biggest buzzwords in telecom right now, but what does it mean? Learn what it means how to implement it into your business. This …