Government of Canada Cell Phone Plans?

[ccdude]

My wife works for the G of C and she has heard that Gov employees get some really good cell phone plan deals but no one at her work knows anything.
anyone have a clue? Provider,Rates etc....?

[TenzoR]

it depends on dept

[goofball]

Yes, they do have government packages. I'd suggest she go see someone in Telecommunications (might be called something else) as they usually have this info. I"ve seen offers from Telus/Bell/Rogers. It really depends on who your department deals with for cellular/blackberry service.

[Jin-n-Juice]

Juss call up the cell phone provider and ask... Noone (I talked to) in my co knew about cell phone plans, but I juss called up Rogers and asked. When you sign up, they ask for mgr name & number, and your employee number...

[maniacshopper]

she should check her intranet at work, look it up under benefits.

[Beagle]

My wife works for the G of C and she has heard that Gov employees get some really good cell phone plan deals but no one at her work knows anything.
anyone have a clue? Provider,Rates etc....?

Howdy! In Ottawa, both Bell and Rogers offered their standard corporate rates with photo ID and proof of current employement. See other forum threads on standard corporate rates with the big companies. You know, twenty something dollars for a couple hundred minutes, some nights etc...

Sample link to Carleton Univ gives a good idea:

http://www.carleton.ca/purchasing/corporatecellrates.htm

The internal departmental telecom guys would not be the place to ask unless you want to try to get management to pay for your cell phone bill.

:*)

[aimfox]

I believe Rogers has this service

[T-Man]

My wife works for the G of C and she has heard that Gov employees get some really good cell phone plan deals but no one at her work knows anything.
anyone have a clue? Provider,Rates etc....?

I heard this too. Does anyone know more detail?

-What about college graduates? Alumni assocation (ei St. Lawrence College graduates are automatically part of the Alumni.
-Union groups, through work perhaps?

[mself084]

sorry for bumping an old thread... anyone know anymore about government plans? my HR dept knows nothing about this, btu ive heard from alot of people u can get discounts at Rogers/Bell.

[spf1971]

The federal government (DND anyway) uses Rogers and Telus. I asked Telus and their government plan was worse than the plan I was already on (Imagine EPP17.30 only costing $25.00). I don't know if Rogers has any good plans for Government employees (Rogers hates Newfoundland).

[conjurer]

I work for NRCan and we have a corporate deal of $23, this includes 200 weekday, unlimited nights (starting at 6), unlimited weekends, no activation fee, 2500 incoming txt, call display, voicemail, billed by the second (after first minute),

[TheBull]

I work for NRCan and we have a corporate deal of $23, this includes 200 weekday, unlimited nights (starting at 6), unlimited weekends, no activation fee, 2500 incoming txt, call display, voicemail, billed by the second (after first minute),

Hey Conjurer,
Can you share with us which provider and where you got that deal from?
I know GoC plans are usually offered by private dealers.

I'm currently shopping around and would love to get in on a decent EPP for being a GoC employee. My employer doesn't know (or advertise) this type of benefit in the office.

[conjurer]

I have my plan through Rogers. It is offered to members of PIPSC

[cuongp]

Telus has a plan for GoC. You have to go to a dealer and mention the Retail plan.

[LoDown]

Anyone have any recent info on special plans for GoC employees from Rogers, Bell, Fido, etc?