Comcast Named Finalist for 18th Annual Tekne Awards
October 02 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
MHTA to honor Minnesota’s top technology
companies and individuals at the Nov. 15 awards ceremony
The Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) has named Comcast as
a finalist in the Community Impact category for the 2017 Tekne
Awards, which will be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center on
Wednesday, November 15. The Tekne Awards honor Minnesota companies
and individuals who have shown superior technology innovation and
leadership.
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Comcast Corporation is being recognized for its acclaimed
Internet Essentials program, the nation’s largest and most
comprehensive high-speed Internet adoption program, which has now
connected more than four million low-income Americans, in one
million households, to high-speed Internet service at home.
“Comcast is honored to be recognized as a 2017 Tekne Awards
finalist for our Internet Essentials program,” said J.D. Keller,
regional vice president, Comcast Twin Cities. “Over the past six
years we have worked hard to help bridge the digital divide and
bring the power of the internet to low-income families across our
service area, including nearly 100,000 individuals in the Twin
Cities. This recognition showcases the importance of that work and
the ongoing dedication of our employees and community partners to
make certain no one is left behind.”
Presented by the MHTA, the Tekne Awards annually recognize
Minnesota’s best and brightest technology users and developers in
innovation, development, education, commercialization and
management. A full list of finalists is available online at
http://www.tekneawards.org.
“Each year, MHTA seeks out companies and people leading the way
in innovation in Minnesota,” said Margaret Anderson Kelliher,
president and CEO of MHTA. “These advancements are changing the way
people all over the world live and work, and the Tekne Awards
recognize those achievements.”
The 18th annual Tekne Awards will begin at 4:30 p.m. with VIP
registration and reception, followed by general registration and
cocktails at 5:00 p.m. and dinner at 5:45 p.m. The awards ceremony
will commence at 7 p.m., with a post-event reception at 8:30 p.m.
The event will be emceed by Paul Douglas, author, entrepreneur and
meteorologist.
For additional information, or to register for the 2017 Tekne
Awards program, visit http://www.tekneawards.org or contact Claire
Ayling at 952-230-4553 or cayling@mhta.org.
About Comcast
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and
technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and
NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation’s largest video,
high-speed internet, and phone providers to residential customers
under the XFINITY brand, and also provides these services to
businesses. It also provides wireless and security and automation
services to residential customers under the XFINITY brand.
NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports cable
networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television
production operations, television station groups, Universal
Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts.
Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more
information.
About Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA)
MHTA is an innovation and technology association united in
fueling Minnesota’s prosperity. We help bring together the people
of Minnesota’s technology ecosystem and lead the charge in
directing technology issues to Minnesota’s state capitol. MHTA is
the only membership organization that represents Minnesota’s entire
technology-based economy. MHTA members include organizations of
every size − involved in virtually every aspect of technology
creation, production, application and education in Minnesota. Find
out more online at http://www.mhta.org or follow MHTA on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/MHTA.
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651-425-1695Jill_Hornbacher@Comcast.com
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