The federal government's latest annual report on the availability of high-speed Internet service throughout the country contains 19 pages of detailed data -- pie charts, bar graphs, maps and column upon column of numbers and percentages. Most of them are useless. The Federal Communications Commission [...]
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California’s underserved rural health care infrastructure got a boost from the Federal Communications Commission Wednesday with a three-year, $22 million award to help develop a new California Telehealth Network. The University of California Office of the President, together with the UC Davis Health System, will [...]
California has reached 97 percent broadband deployment and could hit its statutory target of 98 percent by the end of 2015. Although broadband service is available, not all residents are able to afford it. For residents of small communities and older neighborhoods with clunky broadband [...]
Certiport, the pioneer in industry certifications, today announced its participation in the ICT Digital Literacy Leadership Roundtable (Nov. 16), which is charged with developing a framework for California policy makers to build assessment and verification of information and communications technology (ICT) skills into requirements for [...]
California stands to gain 1.8 million jobs and $132 billion of new payroll over the next 10 years with a 3.8 percent increase in the utilization of DSL and cable broadband Internet services, according to a study released today by the Sacramento Regional Research Institute [...]
Humboldt, Del Norte, Trinity and Mendocino counties are the focus of a pilot project to map the digital divide. the project, funded by the state and local donors, is intended to "lay the foundation" to bring broadband infrastructure to rural areas of the state. Read [...]
A mere 50 percent of Humboldt County's population has access to a broadband Internet connection, said Connie Steward, senior field representative for Assemblywoman Patty Berg, at a press conference Tuesday. Read More>>>
The University of California at Merced, is planning to set up a telemedicine centre in the Northern San Joaquin Valley, where many disadvantaged patients lack access to medical specialists. Read More>>>
UC Merced moved one step closer to creating a series of telemedicine centers to address the health care needs of underserved residents of the San Joaquin Valley. Chancellor Steve Kang and corporate supporters gathered in the university's California Room to announce $1 million in funds [...]
UC-Merced will use nearly $1 million in grants to create a telemedicine center and electronically connect four rural health centers throughout the San Joaquin Valley to specialists in area cities and other state universities, the Fresno Bee reports. Read More>>>