With CPUC approval secured, Verizon and Frontier announced today that they have received all regulatory approvals and expect to close the transaction on January 20. Verizon will come out of it with a US fiber footprint of about 30 million passings.
. . . the California Emerging Technology Fund negotiated $40 million for digital inclusion, including $35 million to support digital divide efforts and $5 million in grants to community-based organizations and schools. The goal is to bring broadband to 100,000 unconnected households through those investments.