Category: subsidies

FCC outlines $200 million COVID-19 telehealth plan

Post author By Randall
Post date March 30, 2020
Categories In ajit pai, broadband, cares act, connected care pilot program, coronavirus, covid-19, devices, fcc, funding, gear, health care, Internet, lifeline program, low-income, Mobile, Politics, providers, services, subsidies, Tech, telehealth, waiver

[ad_1] The COVID-19 Telehealth Program would use funds allocated for the FCC in the CARES Act. If approved, it would provide select applicants with full funding for eligible telehealth services and devices. Pai also presented plans for a longer-term Connected Care Pilot Program, which would make $100 million available over three years to help health […]

FCC crackdown on cellphone subsidies leaves millions without service

Post author By Randall
Post date November 5, 2019
Categories In cellphone, fcc, gear, government, lifeline, Mobile, Politics, poverty, Smartphone, subsidies, Tech

[ad_1] Some of the problems may stem from a verifier system that was approved in 2016. It was meant to automatically check whether people qualified for Lifeline service and reduce fraud, but its incomplete access to benefit databases appears to have rejected people who were eligible for the program. Enrollment has plunged in those six […]

Foxconn’s Wisconsin plant opens next May with fewer jobs than promised

Post author By Randall
Post date July 10, 2019
Categories In business, factory, foxconn, gear, jobs, lcd, manufacturing, Politics, production, subsidies, tax credits, Tech, wisconsin

[ad_1] The facility, officially announced in 2017, has yet to be built and is more than a year behind schedule. According to CNBC, Foxconn only recently began laying the foundation, and it will likely fall short of the 1,820 jobs it needs to create by the end of 2020 in order to secure $270 million […]