Verizon to Invest $3B by 2025 to Cut Digital Divide

Verizon plans to invest more than $3 billion by 2025 to bridge the digital divide, it announced Friday. Verizon partnered with the National 4-H Council to offer digital skills training in rural communities, restarted STEM learning programs and unveiled augmented reality apps. It reiterated its participation in the FCC emergency broadband benefit program, which begins May 12 (see 2104290085).