Mobile Phone

Service Overview

The College provides some staff with Apple or Android smartphones with carrier-provided LTE data plans.

Available To

Staff: The following criteria are used to determine an employee's eligibility for a college-issued mobile phone. The employee's supervisor must verify that the employee's role meets these criteria.

  1. The employee has frequent job-related travel (20% or more). 
  2. The employee is involved in time-sensitive decision-making with widespread impact for the College. 
  3. The employee is a key staff member needed in the event of an emergency. 
  4. The employee needs to regularly communicate with other college employees or conduct college business while the employee is away from campus. 
  5. The employee supports or is responsible for programs, services or systems that necessitate frequent and immediate communication throughout the day or after-hours. 
  6. The employee is required to be available for on-call service. 

Getting Started

Use the [ Create Ticket ] button to:

  • Request a new phone. 
  • Request a phone upgrade. 
  • Report issues with any phones that have been deployed

Mobile Phone User Responsibilities

  • Do not use your device while driving
  • Your device must be password-protected
  • If you believe your device has been lost or stolen, please contact the IT Service Desk as soon as possible.
  • You are responsible for backing up the device and maintaining the data on it
  • Replacing the SIM card for any reason is strictly prohibited

Apps & Additional Fees:

  • Install the Fleming Safe App
  • You are responsible for the cost of any third-party applications or services installed or used on your device
  • You are responsible for any personal long-distance calls, roaming fees, or short-code texting fees.

Travel:

  • Do not travel out of the country with your Fleming device unless:
    • it is a work-related trip, OR
    • your supervisor has confirmed in writing that you are required to be reachable during your non-work-related travels.
  • You are responsible for any phone charges while travelling internationally unless the travel is college-related and a travel plan has been purchased and applied to your account.
  • You are responsible for advising ITS of any pending travel out of the country that requires a roaming plan by submitting the ITS Mobile Roaming Plan Request.

Device Return:

  • Upon termination of employment with Fleming College, role change that no longer requires a mobile device or during a device hardware upgrade, the user must:
    • wipe/reset the device back to its factory state
    • return all components you received with the device
  • Do not turn on Find My iPhone. If it is automatically on, please turn it off when returning the phone to ITS.

Support & Troubleshooting

  • If you aren’t receiving any calls, SMS messages or data services, try powering you phone off then on.
 
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