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TM committed to improve broadband services in Sabah

Malaysian National News Agency 04 Jul 2020

KOTA KINABALU, July 4 -- Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) is committed to improving broadband services in Sabah, said its state regional director Datuk Mohd Sainal Mohd Amin ... Meanwhile, he said the public could ......

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Gov't asked to incentivize digital infrastructure development

Manila Standard Today 04 Jul 2020

Now is the time to build the towers and broadband networks, and we need to build it fast," Democracy Watch lead convenor Paco A ... "We should harness the potential of both the private and public sector through PPPs to bridge the digital divide," Pangalangan said....

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Denver councilman pursues plans to bridge the city’s digital divide

Colorado Politics 03 Jul 2020

Denver Councilman Paul Kashmann is working to bridge the city’s broadband gap, but it will likely be up to voters this fall to see his plan through ... The exemption, if passed, would not devote any public dollars to broadband, but provide the possibility to examine all options to broadband service....

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Iowa Economic Recovery Advisory Board eyes rural broadband as key issue in second meeting

Dispatch Argus 03 Jul 2020

The lack of broadband access for rural Iowans took the spotlight Thursday in Gov ... Heather Gate, the director of a group establishing public-private broadband partnerships across the country, told The Gazette more than 300,000 Iowans do not have access to wired, high-speed internet....

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Intel to invest $253.5 million in India’s Reliance Jio Platforms

Crunch 03 Jul 2020

Jio has about 400 million subscribers ... Jio Platforms also operates a bevy of digital apps and services, including music streaming service JioSaavn (which it says it will take public), on-demand live television service JioTV and payments app JioMoney, as well as smartphones and broadband business ... ....

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Niagara, Orleans counties expanding Wi-Fi hotspots

Lockport Union-Sun 02 Jul 2020

“Microsoft approached RTO Wireless about teaming up on deploying free public Wi-Fi at venues located in rural communities that lack sufficient broadband coverage,” RTO CEO Steve Hubbard said ... Public host institutions need to have existing broadband service and agree to host the equipment....

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The remote British village that built its own superfast internet

The Conversation 02 Jul 2020

Ann Sheridan remembers well the moment she got Broadband for the Rural North, known as “B4RN” (pronounced “barn”), to her farm in Clapham in March 2016 ... ‘I wanted broadband’ ... In a public recognition of the UK’s digital divide, the 2019 general election manifestos of all three major parties contained ambitious broadband plans....

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The remote British village that built one of the fastest internet networks in the UK

The Conversation 02 Jul 2020

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The New York City Council passed a budget to defund the NYPD by $1 billion — but nobody seems to like it

Yahoo Daily News 02 Jul 2020

New York City Police Department officers at a press conference held by local unions on June 9 ... That money will instead go to summer youth programming, education, family services, the New York City Housing Authority, park recreation centers, and expanded broadband capabilities in public housing ... Right now that's exactly what the public wants ... ....

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U.S. broadband investment is serving Americans well despite spike in usage due to pandemic

Norfolk Daily News 01 Jul 2020

broadband is ‘breaking’ during COVID-19 (it’s not) and that the Federal Communications Commission is misleading the public with claims about universal broadband availability (the FCC simply stated, accurately, the number of homes without broadband has fallen to historic lows at 5.6%),” he recently wrote ... broadband is degrading under COVID-19.”....

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Yes on Question 1: Broadband investment is overdue and timely

Bangor Daily News 01 Jul 2020

“Beyond a necessity for the economic growth of our state and the sustainability of its rural communities consistent with the recent 10-year statewide economic plan, Maine’s public universities believe broadband access is a fundamental issue of equity,” Samantha Warren of the University of Maine System testified in March....

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Books, broadband, and bipartisanship: Librarians meet with Congressman Peter Welch to discuss their future in ...

St Albans Messenger 01 Jul 2020

The congressman immediately framed the conversation by articulating the severity of the coronavirus nationwide and subsequently concentrating on Vermont’s response before discussing the distribution of library funds and problems with broadband ... What does broadband look like in Vermont?....

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