[bioundgrd] Fwd: Information re: MIT contracts with cell phone providers

[Janice Chang]

>
>To members of the MIT community (faculty, staff, and students) 
>interested in MIT negotiated pricing with cell phone providers -
>
>Information Services and Technology (IS&T) and Procurement have 
>collaborated in an ongoing process to optimize our cellular 
>telephone vendor contracts and pricing for the MIT community.
>
>Below you will find details on how to take advantage of improved 
>discounts on both "MIT liable" (i.e. MIT pays for phone, such as via 
>MIT procurement card) and employee personal contracts.
>
>Please note: Discount levels listed below are proprietary 
>information and must not be shared with any non-MIT party.
>
>MIT PREFERRED VENDORS:
>
>SPRINT/NEXTEL
>
>Sprint/Nextel recently extended the monthly plan contract discounts 
>it offers to both MIT liable phones, as well as employee's personal 
>phones:
>
>- MIT liable accounts: new discount of 22% for both Sprint (CDMA) 
>and Nextel (IDEN)
>
>- Personal accounts: new discount of 15% for both Sprint and Nextel accounts
>
>How to Get the New Discounts:
>
>- MIT liable accounts will automatically received the new discount
>
>- Personal users must sign up for the new discounts even if already 
>receiving the current 10% discount: (1) Go to the Sprint/Nextel ECAT 
>web site at 
><https://web.mit.edu/ecat/nextel/secure/>https://web.mit.edu/ecat/nextel/secure/ 
>(certificates required) (2) Click on "Place Personal Order" and then 
>"Existing Sprint or Nextel Users Click Here" (3) Follow the 
>instructions on the bottom of the page to sign up for the discount.
>
>VERIZON WIRELESS
>
>- MIT liable and personal accounts: discounts of 15% on the monthly 
>plans (on plans $34.99 and higher)
>
>- Discounts have been extended to include MIT students' personal phones
>
>How to Get the MIT Discount on your personal phone:
>
>- Customers should go to 
><https://web.mit.edu/ecat/vzwireless/>https://web.mit.edu/ecat/vzwireless/ 
>(certificates required) and click on 'Place Personal Order" and then 
>"Register your Line."
>
>ALTERNATIVE VENDORS:
>
>The preferred vendors for MIT liable phones are Sprint/Nextel and 
>Verizon Wireless. However, MIT has established reduced pricing with 
>other vendors in cases where preferred vendor products or services 
>do not meet your needs:
>
>CINGULAR
>
>- MIT liable accounts: new discount on the monthly plan is 15%
>
>- Personal accounts: new discount on the monthly plan is 10%
>
>How to get Service/Equipment or the New Discounts:
>
>- For details on ordering new service, customers should go to the 
>Cingular ECAT web site at 
><https://web.mit.edu/ecat/cingular/secure/>https://web.mit.edu/ecat/cingular/secure/ 
>(certificates required).
>
>- Cingular will apply the appropriate discounts to all existing 
>accounts, both MIT liable and personal.
>
>- Personal customers who have not previously received a discount 
>should go the Cingular ECAT web site 
>at<https://web.mit.edu/ecat/cingular/secure/>https://web.mit.edu/ecat/cingular/secure/ 
>(certificates required) to sign up for the new discount: (1) Click 
>on "Place Personal Order" (2) Enter your MIT email address under 
>"Students and Faculty," and select "GO" (3) You'll be emailed a link 
>to the personal discount page.
>
>T-MOBILE
>
>- MIT liable and personal accounts: an 8% discount on monthly plans, 
>as well as other promotions.
>
>How to get Service/Equipment or the New Discounts:
>
>- For details on ordering new service, MIT liable and personal 
>customers should go to the Cingular ECAT web site 
>at<https://web.mit.edu/ecat/cingular/secure/>https://web.mit.edu/ecat/cingular/secure/ 
>(certificates required).
>
>- T-Mobile will apply the discount to all MIT liable accounts
>
>- Personal customers must sign up for the discount: (1) Go to the 
>T-Mobile ECAT web site at 
><https://web.mit.edu/ecat/t-mobile/secure/>https://web.mit.edu/ecat/t-mobile/secure/(certificates 
>required) (2) Click on "Click Here for Discounts" button (3) Click 
>on "Complete Migration Form."
>
>GETTING HELP
>
>- For service or support questions, please contact 
><mailto:telecom-csr at mit.edu>telecom-csr at mit.edu (617-253-3670).
>
>- For Procurement questions, please contact Catelin Matos 
>(<mailto:cmatos at mit.edu>cmatos at mit.edu, 617-253-8345).
>
>- For feedback regarding campus cell phone reception, please email 
><mailto:cell-feedback at mit.edu>cell-feedback at mit.edu.
>
>Cell phone web pages: 
><http://web.mit.edu/ist/services/telecommunications/cellphones.html>http://web.mit.edu/ist/services/telecommunications/cellphones.html
>
>====================
>
>Allison F. Dolan
>Director, Telephony Services
>Information Services & Technology
>MIT Bldg E19-741
>Cambridge MA 02139-4307
>Phone: (617) 252-1461
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