Korea's high-speed Internet service products are the fastest in the world, but service providers have exaggerated the speed they could offer, Korea Communications Commission said in a briefing yesterday. Read More>>>
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The Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency has secured a $250,000 grant from the California Emerging Technology Fund to help five rural Sierra counties improve high speed Internet access for all households and businesses. Read More>>>
The Board of Supervisors heard a report Tuesday indicting North Coast broadband access has improved markedly in recent years, but more work is necessary to blanket that quick service throughout the area. Redwood Coast Connect members Tina Nerat and Connie Stewart provided a snapshot of [...]
Last week the University of California-Merced announced that it would be opening six telemedicine centers in underserved cities in the state's San Joaquin Valley. Right now, these sites are among the area's most rural and underserved communities, with one of the worst ratios of doctors [...]
Last year, the University of California at Merced received nearly $1 million -- $500,000 from AT&T, $200,000 from the California Emerging Technology Fund and $250,000 from the California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley -- to start an e-Health network to improve healthcare access. Read [...]
With the goal of connecting low-income people to the internet and other technology, One Economy Corporation announced Bring IT Home California Campaign at Valencia Gardens, an affordable housing development in San Francisco. Read More>>>
On Thursday, UC-Merced officials announced that six telemedicine centers in underserved cities in the San Joaquin Valley will have access to medical specialists at UC-Merced using videoconferencing and other technology to facilitate remote consultations, the Stockton Record reports. Read More>>>
San Joaquin County's drastic shortage of physician specialists could improve rapidly with the announcement that San Joaquin General Hospital has been selected as one of six initial telehealth programs using video technology to link out-of-area doctors with local patients. UC Merced received nearly $1 million [...]
The Amador Tuolumne Community Action Agency (ATCAA) has secured a $250,000 grant from the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) to help five rural Sierra counties improve high speed Internet access for all households and businesses. Read More>>>
California, Connected Nation and the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) announced a partnership to support broadband acceleration efforts in California's rural regions. Read More>>>