The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) established the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) in 2005 as a nonprofit corporation to advance the adoption and usage of broadband technology in underserved communities across the State of California. On February 1, 2010, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded CETF a Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) Sustainable Broadband Adoption (SBA) grant for
$7,251,295 to implement the Broadband Awareness and Adoption (BAA) project. CETF allocated this funding to eight different subrecipients and partners that provide services and outreach to California residents. The goal of this project is to provide vulnerable and low-income communities throughout the state with the basic tools necessary to adopt broadband technology. CETF has set a goal of eliminating the digital divide in California by 2017.
