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:

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. Please visit the Verizon Wireless website to view equipment options @ www.verizonwireless.com. Also note Temple's corporate pricing may differ from the price listed on Verizon Wireless consumer site, as equipment promotions changes monthly. Please call 1-4419 if exact pricing is needed for a particular device.

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.)

All domestic calling 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.

For data devices, including USB Modem & Wifi devices, 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 Government Share are detailed in the following tables.

Note: Government Voice plans include unlimited nights and weekends. Government Voice & Data Plans inlcudes unlimited texting. The texting feature for Voice only plans will require an additional charge. Please see the Optional Feature table below for texting options and pricing.

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

*For Smartphone devices (including Androids, iPhones & Blackberry), 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.

*Per Text, Picture & Video Message Overage rate: $0.20 (send)/$0.20
(receive) Plus airtime for Picture & Video Messages

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

Contact Information

Office of Telecommunications
Attn: 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 12/27/2012