Because broadband infrastructure can cost more to build in rural areas with fewer customers, it can lead to higher prices for customers, said Sunne Wright McPeak, president and CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund, a statewide nonprofit that works to accelerate the deployment and […]
Author: Brent Stromberg
"Today's commitments to bring 5G to rural America are verifiable and enforceable. The proposed transaction's investment in rural 5G will help close the digital divide-this FCC's top priority. American leadership in 5G depends on giving all communities a fair shot at next-gen access. I am [...]
"The combined spectrums and infrastructure assets of the two companies will bring 5G service faster to Californians with significantly better service to much of rural California," said Fund CEO Sunne Wright McPeak. "New T-Mobile will increase Internet access choices for all consumers and will provide [...]
"We think that the best way we close the digital divide is by true partnership between and among all of the stakeholders, public-private partners, nonprofits working with the for-profit companies in sincere partnership," McPeak said. Read More>>>
"Internet Connectivity and the ‘Digital Divide' in California - 2019," is a statewide survey done by the Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) Poll through IGS and the University of California, Berkeley for the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF). The new study, released Tuesday, found [...]
San José partnered with California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) to help manage the fund. It is a non-profit organization whose mission is to close the digital divide by hastening high-speed internet availability to communities and populations that need it. CETF has been established for over [...]
It costs phone companies like Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile $750 per pole to install a small cell antenna, said Sunne McPeak, President and CEO of the nonprofit California Emerging Technology Fund, or CETF. With each provider eager to build out new 5G networks in the [...]
The San José Digital Inclusion Fund (DIF), formalized on Tuesday, will partner the city with the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) and marshal capital to bridge its digital divide - an estimated $24.1 million in revenue over 10 years, from small-cell and fiber contracts with [...]
San José has come up with an interesting way to close the digital divide. KCBS Radio reporter Mike Colgan says rents from telecom companies for putting WIFI antennas on city light poles are being used to fund a digital inclusion program.
On Tuesday, the City Council voted to create the San José Digital Inclusion Fund. Once up and running, the $24 million initiative will be the largest of its kind in the country and would be aimed at bridging the city's digital divide. Over 10 years, [...]