Microsoft to help expand rural broadband in 6 states
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October 6, 2017
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Microsoft announced Thursday it is teaming up with communities in six states to to invest in technology and related jobs in rural and smaller metropolitan areas.
Company president Brad Smith launched the TechSpark program Thursday in Fargo, a metropolitan area of more than 200,000 people that includes a Microsoft campus with about 1,500 employees. Smith says the six communities are different by design and not all have a Microsoft presence.
Smith says TechSpark is a multi-year, multi-million dollar investment to help teach computer science to students, expand rural broadband...
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