Imagine the imbalances that could be addressed in meaningful ways by achieving digital equity once and for all, giving everyone a chance to thrive. Californians need not live with this shame any longer. Solutions are within reach, but swift action is needed before the Legislature […]
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A Letter From California Emerging Technology Fund May 2020 In light of recent emergencies and crises-devastating wildfires, public safety power shut-offs, and a health pandemic that closed schools and workplaces sending everyone home-there is a deeper sense of urgency among policymakers and regulators to get [...]
From telehealth to online schooling, COVID has made high-speed internet access more critical than ever. Yet 1 out of every 8 households in California still lacks broadband. Former State Senator Martha Escutia discusses how to close the digital divide. Listen now>>
A Community Letter to Policymakers and Regulators T-Mobile has made nearly 50 verifiable, enforceable and specific commitments for California as part of the CPUC's review of the merger, including commitments relating to 5G deployment and network buildout, pricing, jobs, network resiliency and emergency preparedness, digital [...]
The headlines underscore the massive challenges ahead of us: 1 in 5 California students lack computers and Wi-Fi. Coronavirus exposes L.A.’s economic and racial digital divide. Depression-era jobless rates loom. None of us could have imagined when the governor laid out his visionary Broadband for […]
Recommendations for Internet Service Providers to Consider in Responding to COVID-19 10 Steps to Improve Promotion and Administration of Interim Free and Affordable Offers “How to Get All Low-Income Households Online to Achieve Broadband For All” April 2020 The California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) was [...]
Expanding broadband access in all regions has been a priority of the California Economic Summit and the 2020 Summit Roadmap, working with CETF, the Regional Broadband Consortia, members of the Summit's Elevate Rural Initiative, and the Governor's Broadband for All initiative.
“Having [specific Goals} become the policy of a government entity is the difference between night and day,” Sunne Wright McPeak, Ceo of the Calfiornia Emerging Technology Fund told Pew. Read More
Walk into any classroom in Alpaugh Unified and you will see teaching and learning using the latest technology. Students collaborate on digital documents, give presentations on interactive whiteboards, conduct research and even apply to colleges on Chromebooks. But for many students in Alpaugh, a small rural [...]
“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 […]