Mobile Beacon is Now Accepting Applications for the Wi-Fly Digital Inclusion Grant
(Johnston, Rhode Island) September 5, 2017 – Mobile Beacon is now accepting applications for its Wi-Fly Digital Inclusion Grant. The grant provides 25 laptops and 25 4G LTE mobile hotspots with free, mobile, and unlimited 4G LTE internet access for one year. Mobile Beacon’s Wi-Fly grant is valued at $20,000. The grant is open to […]
Read more Mobile Beacon Welcomes Angelo Miccoli as Director of Operations and Administration and Cristina Graham as Program Director
(Johnston, Rhode Island) August 29, 2017 – Mobile Beacon is pleased to announce that Angelo Miccoli and Cristina Graham are joining the organization. Miccoli joins Mobile Beacon as the Director of Operations and Administration. In this role, he oversees the operations, finance, customer service, human resources, and information technology functions of the organization. Miccoli brings […]
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Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot Service Shows Potential At Riverside Regional Library
It’s been two weeks since Riverside Regional Library started offering portable Wi-Fi hotspots for the public to check out, and the service has already proven itself to be a valuable asset to the community. The library currently has five hotspots that are in circulation, which were bought with general operating funds through partnered nonprofits, TechSoup […]
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Portable internet hotspots available at Riverside Library branches
Riverside Regional Library now has a way for people to connect to the internet anywhere they can connect to a Sprint cellular tower. Wi-Fi portable hotspots are available to check out at the library, said director Jeff Trinkle. The devices can be checked out for seven days at a time by all Riverside Regional Library […]
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2017 40 Under Forty winners chosen
Providence Business News has chosen the winners for its 13th 40 Under Forty program, to be honored Thursday, July 20, at Aldrich Mansion in Warwick. The women and men to be recognized in the 2017 edition of the competition were chosen from nearly 200 applicants, the most submissions PBN has ever received, and they will be […]
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Panel at Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition Calls Attention to Online ‘Stars’ and ‘Cliques’
Providing broadband service to schools, libraries and other nonprofit organizations is more difficult than commercial customers because of the way they struggle with funding, said Katherine Messier of Mobile Beacon at a Friday panel at the 2017 conference of the Schools, Health, and Libraries Broadband Coalition. Mobile Beacon, a nonprofit educational broadband provider, offers a […]
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Pilot program provides internet access in rural Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University’s Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and public libraries in four Oklahoma towns are joining forces to provide broadband access in rural areas. “This pilot program is something that has never been done in rural Oklahoma and hopefully will allow residents and civic leaders to experience firsthand how broadband access can […]
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Mobile Beacon is Now Accepting Applications for Connect for Success Grants
(Johnston, Rhode Island) March 9, 2017 – Mobile Beacon is now accepting applications for its Connect for Success grants. The grants provide up to 25 laptops and 25 4G LTE mobile hotspots with free, mobile, and unlimited 4G LTE internet access for one year, which is valued at $20,000. All eligible schools, colleges and universities […]
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Familias reciben computadoras gratis, usted también puede beneficiarse
Familias de Denver recibieron computadoras gratis, usted también puede beneficiarse. Rafael Contreras con el informe. Watch the news story at Univision.
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