Due to its larger volume of MIT subscribers, Cellular One is a little less expensive than Bell Atlantic. In addition, Cellular One offers a maintenance plan and sells cellular phones at a discount. To be eligible for the Corporate rate, you must have reason to use a cellular phone for MIT business and have departmental approval. To take advantage of the Associate rate, you must have an existing contract or set up a new contract through a Cellular One agent. Your department then authorizes transfer of the contract to the MIT plan.
Billing is still to the employee, but at rates discounted from regular individual rates.
The employee must also pay the activation fee. If you're interested in the Associate plan, you may want to talk further with a Cellular One account representative. Cellular One sometimes offers promotional plans with no activation fee. When these are in effect, you can avoid paying an activation fee by signing up for the promotion, then switching later to the Associate plan. This type of account is for MIT business purposes, and requires departmental approval.