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Cellular Service

The Office of Telecommunications is pleased to announce that Verizon Wireless is the exclusive provider of cellular service for the University. All requests concerning cellular service for University-business will be handled by The Office of Telecommunications.

The Office of Telecommunications can assist the University community with the following cellular requests:

  • New service and equipment
  • Transfer to Verizon Wireless of current service and equipment
  • Permanent deactivation or temporary suspension of service
  • Equipment upgrade or replacement
  • Rate plan modification
  • Purchase of cellular accessories
  • Selection of optional services and features, e.g., Text Messaging)
  • Modification of account information

To facilitate these requests, please complete a Departmental Request for Cellular Equipment and Service form.

The Office of Telecommunications is available for consultation concerning equipment and plan selection and can be reached via the information below.

The University has adopted a policy on The Procurement and Use of Cellular Equipment Supplied by Temple University.  The complete policy can be found at http://policies.temple.edu and it applies to all employees with University-supplied cellular service.  Employees are required to identify and reimburse the University for all charges and/or minute detractions incurred as a result of personal calls on University cellular telephones.  For more information on the reimbursement criteria and process, please read a letter from the Vice President of Computer and Information Services on the personal use of cell phones.

Temple University Employees and Students: Please click here for information about personal Verizon Wireless cellular service.

Equipment

A wide variety of equipment options is open to the University community. These options range from cellular telephones offered promotionally at no cost to high-end data enabled devices.

VIEW EQUIPMENT OPTION AND PRICING

Cellular Service Plans

Departments are asked to select monthly minute plans commensurate with current and/or anticipated usage. All voice plans currently include unlimited night and weekend as well as unlimited IN-Network minutes (calls to other Verizon Wireless subscribers.) Please note, however, that the unlimited IN-Network calling promotion is a temporary offer from Verizon Wireless. When this offer expires, 1000 IN-Network minutes will be included with the voice plans.

All America's Choice BusinessShare plans pool at the University-level. Accordingly, overages in any given department are anticipated to be offset by underutilization in other departments, thereby reducing usage expenses. Please note that the Local DigitalChoice plans do not participate in the University pool.

For data devices, including PC cards, the selection of a data plan is also required. Data-related use of the equipment does not detract from monthly voice minute allotments. Note that additional features, such as text messaging, are also available.

The various service plan options for America's Choice BusinessShare and Local Digital Choice plans are detailed in the following tables.

Note: America's Choice BusinessShare Voice and Data Plans include unlimited nights and weekends. Additional minutes may be added to a plan, based on current promotions.

 

America's Choice BusinessShare Voice and Data Plans

minutes monthly cost
  w/out push to talk w/push to talk
450 $36.44 $40.44
900 $52.64 $56.64
1,350 $68.84 $72.89
2,000 $85.04 $89.09
4,000 $125.50 $129.59

The following table identifies the Data Plans available with Verizon Wireless.

Data Plans *
plan monthly cost
unlimited data with selection of voice plan $40.49
unlimited data for PC card $48.59

*For PDA/Smartphone devices, a data plan as well as a voice plan is required if the user intends to use both services.

Verizon Wireless offers a variety of optional features which are listed in the following table.

Optional Features
feature monthly cost
Equipment Insurance $5.99
Unlimited IN messaging (Text/Pix/Video) *
500 messages $10.00
1500 messages $15.00
5,000 messages $20.00

*Per Text, Picture & Video Message Overage rate: $0.10 (send)/$0.10
(receive) Plus airtime for Picture & Video Messages

Temple / Verizon Wireless Employee Discount

If you have any questions about cellular service, contact the Office of Telecommunications at the location listed below.

Contact Information

Office of Telecommunications
Robert Watson
The TECH Center, 3rd floor (286-99)
12th St. & Montgomery Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: (215) 204-4419
Fax: (215) 204-6856

Updated 11/3/2008

      
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