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Category: Latest News

CETF Call To Action In Response To COVID-19

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 [...]

How to Close the Digital Divide

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>>

Community Organizations and Legislators Support the T-Mobile Sprint Merger

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 [...]

Rural County Helps Closes Academic and Digital Divides

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.

T-Mobile 5G will Cover 99% of California Homes after Sprint Merger

“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 […]