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 Mon-Fri, 8-Noon & 1-5
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 Fax: (530) 752-5555
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If you are often on the go and need to stay in touch with your office, co-workers, or students, then you need the best cellular service in the area. Communications Resources has what you need! Communications Resources works exclusively with AT&T Wireless to bring you the best in cellular data communications.

Cellular data service, also known as AT&T General Packet Radio Services (GPRS), allows mobile employees to establish a real-time Internet connection to the Internet (not a dial-in connection). Imagine turning on your laptop or handheld device and already being connected to the Internet. The AT&T GPRS/EDGE network is growing and already covers much of California and most of the US. (See coverage map)

Other UC Davis mobile communications services:

Cellular Data Equipment

Campus customers are responsible for the purchase of their own cellular equipment and the range of options for cellular equipment is continually changing. Therefore, we recommend visiting AT&T's website at www.wireless.att.com to view the latest cellular equipment available. Contact our AT&T representative, Prithi Kumar, Phone: (415) 608-0174 and Fax: (916) 405-3876, who can quote you UC Davis prices on cellular equipment and can answer any of your questions.

Don't forget--In addition to purchasing your cellular equipment, you will need to submit a mobile communications request to Communications Resources to assure your monthly charges appear on your UC Davis departmental bill from CR each month.


Cellular Data Rate Plan

Once you have purchased all of the necessary equipment, you can sign up for GPRS cellular data service on the Web. There are four types of data rate plans:

  • Media Net - this feature lets you add data service to a GSM/GPRS phone.
  • Data Connect - this service provides wireless Internet connectivity for devices such as laptops and PDAs.
  • PDA Connect - this service provides cellular data connectivity for PDAs only.
  • Blackberry - this service is exclusive to the Blackberry PDA device.
Here are the latest rates for these plans:

Plan Name Monthly Rate Megabytes(MB) Included Messaging Additional Data Cost per Kilobyte(KB) Home Area US and Canada Roaming per KB International Roaming per KB
PDA Connect $39.99 Unlimited data with a voice plan Domestic US GPRS network $0.015 $0.0195
PDA Connect $44.99 Standalone data Domestic US GPRS network $0.015 $0.0195
Messaging Starter* $4.99 N/A 200 Messages $0.02 Domestic US GPRS network $0.015 $0.0195
Messaging Unlimited* $19.99 N/A Unlimited Messages $0.01 Domestic US GPRS network $0.015 $0.0195
MEdia Basic* $9.99 1 MB 400 Messages $0.01 Domestic US GPRS network $0.015 $0.0195
MEdia Works $14.99 5 MB 1500 Messages $0.01 Domestic US GPRS network $0.015 $0.0195
MEdia Max 200 $19.99 Unlimited 200 Messages N/A Domestic US GPRS network $0.015 $0.0195
MEdia Max 1500 $29.99 Unlimited 1500 Messages N/A Domestic US GPRS network $0.015 $0.0195
MEdia Max Unlimited $39.99 Unlimited Unlimited N/A Domestic US GPRS network $0.015 $0.0195
Data Connect Unlimited $69.99 Unlimited N/A N/A Domestic US GPRS network $0.015 $0.0195
Data Connect 10MB $29.99 10 MB N/A $0.005 Domestic US GPRS network $0.015 $0.0195
Data Connect 20MB $39.99 20 MB N/A $0.005 Domestic US GPRS network $0.015 $0.0195
Data Connect 50MB $49.99 50 MB N/A $0.005 Domestic US GPRS network $0.015 $0.0195
Data Connect 5MB $19.99 5 MB N/A $0.008 Domestic US GPRS network $0.015 $0.0195
SmartPhone Connect 5MB Add-On $9.99 5 MB N/A $0.01 Domestic US GPRS network $0.015 $0.0195
SmartPhone Connect Unlimited
Add-On
$19.99 Unlimited N/A N/A Domestic US GPRS network $0.015 $0.0195
Blackberry Basic $39.99 4 MB N/A $0.0065 Domestic US GPRS network $0.0127 $0.0195
Blackberry Premium $49.99 Unlimited N/A N/A Domestic US GPRS network $0.0127 $0.0195
You will be charged a $3.25 fee per device. This fee is already included in the monthly charge for the voice plans.


Coverage Area

Look on the AT&T Wireless website for the latest GPRS/EDGE network coverage.


Cellular Email Service

You can access your campus email account as well as the Internet using AT&T Wireless mobile data service (and other "wired" Internet Service Providers). Outgoing email capability is limited: Wireless mobile data customers can receive email from any domain name, but are limited to sending e-mail ONLY to "@ucdavis.edu" addresses. All email messages sent to other domain names, while using the AT&T mobile data service, will be seen by the UC Davis campus network as "SPAM" and will, therefore, be rejected. This limitation does not affect those wireless mobile data customers who use MyUCDavis or other Web-based email programs.


Cellular Data Equipment Repair

Customers are responsible for the purchase, care and maintenance of their portable computing device and cellular modem. Communications Resources does not repair or troubleshoot cellular data equipment problems.