<prompt> Translate the following text to SwahiliThe Internet e-rate subsidies, as theyre known, were authorized under the 1996 Telecommunications Act and are funded with new taxes on long-distance telephone companies, the size of each companys contribution depending on its market share.  <response>: Msaada wa kiwango cha mtandao wa e-nchi, kama inavyojulikana, uliidhinishwa chini ya Sheria ya Mawasiliano ya 1996 na unafadhiliwa na ushuru mpya kwenye makampuni ya simu ya umbali mrefu, ukubwa wa mchango wa kila kampuni kulingana na sehemu yake ya soko. 