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 # Microsoft and T-Mobile Hope to Tackle Broadband Gap With Free 4G Plans for US Schools

 

##### By Darren Allan

 

 

 Jan 22, 2020 5:15 PM ET

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[Originally published by TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-and-t-mobile-hope-to-tackle-broadband-gap-with-free-4g-plans-for-us-schools)

Microsoft is partnering up with T-Mobile to provide free 4G LTE coverage to help out schoolchildren in underserved or rural areas where [broadband](https://www.techradar.com/broadband/broadband-deals) isn’t available in the US, and as part of a drive to push its ‘Connected PCs’ in education markets in general (with two such fresh devices being introduced).

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