{"id":710,"date":"2009-09-29T11:12:19","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T15:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=710"},"modified":"2025-07-15T19:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T23:10:08","slug":"bu-cellular-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/phone\/bu-cellular-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Cellular Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tw icon-mapmarker\"><\/span> Quick Start<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Available to:<\/strong>\u00a0Faculty, Researchers, Staff, Departments<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:\u00a0<\/strong>The cost varies depending on the plan, features,\u00a0and phone model you choose.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See\u00a0<a href=\"#GettingStarted\">Getting Started<\/a>, below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<p>Faculty and staff can sign up for mobile or smart phone service through BU, with department authorization. Use of a BU-issued mobile device is subject to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/university-provided-mobile-devices\/\">University-provided Mobile Device policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>Take advantage of discounted rates and dedicated in-house client support, with no service contracts, by signing up for a smart phone, tablet, or mobile broadband service through Boston University.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/phone\/bu-cellular-services\/mobile-device-pricing\/\">variety of options<\/a>, including\n<ul>\n<li>Smart devices (iPhone and Android)<\/li>\n<li>Tablets<\/li>\n<li>Mobile broadband<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ability to view your monthly bill <a href=\"\/tech\/services\/cccs\/bu-cellular-services\/tangoe-mobile\">online<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mobile service must be approved by your department head or authorized requester.<\/li>\n<li>University-provided phones are to be used for business purposes only.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a id=\"GettingStarted\"><\/a>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<p>Please review\u00a0the steps required for <a href=\"types-of-service\/service\/\">ordering<\/a> a cell phone.\u00a0 There are also other topics of interest in the right hand navigation.\u00a0 If you have questions, please call the IT Help Center at 353-HELP (4357) or email <a href=\"mailto:ithelp@bu.edu\">ithelp@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty and staff can sign up for mobile or smart phone service through BU, with department authorization&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":605,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"service.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/710"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158828,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/710\/revisions\/158828"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}