Saturday, March 7, 2009

Sprint/Nextel BlackBerry Plans (& Data Pack Addons)

All BlackBerry devices must have a BlackBerry data plan to access data service.
iDEN Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) uses data service and also requires a BlackBerry plan.
If the customer does not want data service, a BlackBerry data plan is not required although BlackBerry devices are not eligible for the following non-data plans:
1500 and 3000 Talk/Messaging Share.
450, 900, and Unlimited Talk/Message/Connect.
BlackBerry Data Plan Options
 
BlackBerry Plans
 CSM Service Order Code (SOC)
 Included Data
 Access
to Corporate
E-mail
 Required Subscriber Agreement
(New Lines of Service Only)
 Phone as Modem (PAM) service for CDMA devices
 
$20.00 Power Vision BlackBerry
BES buy-up

Provides BES service.
Access to enterprise or corporate server.
Can only be combined with:
Simply Everything plans
Everything Data Share 1500 and 3000 plans
Everything 450 and 900 plans
 Attachable Plan Only

iDEN: PDSBKBES
CDMA: PDSBKBESE
 Unlimited
 Yes
 N/A
 N/A



$30.00 Power Vision BlackBerry
Data Pack

Includes data and internet access
Includes BIS service
Access to personal e-mail only (For example: AOL or Yahoo)
Does not provide access to enterprise or corporate server
Includes Unlimited Messages
Includes On Demand and Mobile e-mail
Includes Basic TV (8130 and 8330 only)
Includes Basic Radio (8130 and 8330 only)
Includes Unlimited Sprint Navigation
Includes Picture Mail service (for capable devices)
 Attachable Plan Only

Power Vision: PDSTVBKCE
Optional $15.00 PAM service: PAMADDON
 Unlimited
 No
 N/A
 Can be added for $15.00
 
$39.99 BlackBerry Unlimited
Promotional Plan

Includes data and internet access
Includes BES service
Access to enterprise or corporate server
 Attachable Plan Only

iDEN: PDSBKBULT
Power Vision only: PDSBUN39E
 Unlimited
 Yes
 2 year
 Included
 
$39.99 BlackBerry 10MB Plan

Includes data and internet access
Includes BES service
Access to enterprise or corporate server
 


 Stand-Alone Plan

iDEN: PDS1197:

PDS5MBUUB
1mo data overage promo; BOGO
Vision: PDSB2562V; PDSB2562B
1mo data overage promo; BOGO
Power Vision: PDSB2562E; PDSB2562B
1mo data overage promo; BOGO
Attachable Plan

iDEN: PDSBKB10M; PDSBKB10P
1mo data overage promo; auto-deployed
Vision: PDS10MBV; PDS10MBVP
1mo data overage promo; auto-deployed
Power Vision: PDS10MBE; PDS10MBEP
1mo data overage promo; auto-deployed
 10MB

$0.001 per kilobyte overage rate.

One-month data overage free.
 Yes
 1 year
 Included
 
$49.99 BlackBerry Unlimited Plan

Includes data and internet access
Includes BES service
Access to enterprise or corporate server
 
 Stand-Alone Plan

iDEN: PDS1091
Vision: PDS2544B
Power Vision: PDS2544BE
Attachable Plan

iDEN: PDSBKBUEW
Vision: PDSBU4999
Power Vision: PDSB4999E
 Unlimited
 Yes
 1 year
 Included
 
$69.99 Worldwide BlackBerry Plan

CDMA International travelers only.
Includes domestic data and internet access
Includes CDMA data roaming in Canada, Mexico, Israel, China, and India.
Includes GPRS Data Roaming
Includes data/internet access
Includes BES service
Access to enterprise or corporate server
 
 Stand-Alone Plan

Power Vision Only: PDSB2560
Optional $15.00 PAM service: PAMADDON
Attachable Plan

Power Vision only: PDSBWW69E
Optional $15.00 PAM service: PAMADDON
 Unlimited
 Yes
 1 year
 Can be added for $15.00
 
$40.00 Add Worldwide BlackBerry Data

For Simply Everything, Simply Everything Plus, and Talk/Message/Data Share plans only.
CDMA International travelers only.
Includes CDMA data roaming in Canada, Mexico, Israel, China, and India.
Includes GPRS Data Roaming
Includes data and internet access
Includes BES service
Access to enterprise or corporate server
 Attachable Plan Only

Power Vision Only: PDSBWW40E
 
 Unlimited
 Yes
 N/A
 Not Available
 

Attachable plans are used when there is a voice plan on the subscription.
Stand-alone plans are used when there is not a voice plan on the subscription.
Voice Charges
Attachable plan:
Voice minutes pull from the primary voice plan that is on the subscription.
Stand-alone plan:
On-network voice:
Casual voice charges are $0.20 per minute with additional $0.25 per minute for Long Distance.
Off-network voice roaming (capable devices only):
Domestic voice roaming: $0.69 per minute with additional $0.25 per minute for Long Distance.
International casual usage rates apply.
Data Overage
No data overage charges apply for plans that include unlimited data.
Data overage charges for 10MB plan are $0.001 per kilobyte with a cap at $60.00.
Customer will not pay over $99.99 for MRC plus data overage charges.
First month of data overage is free.
See applicable SOCs in the Blackberry Data Plan Options grid above.
Off-Network Data Roaming (CDMA only)
Domestic Data Roaming:
Included in all plans; no additional charges apply.
International Data Roaming
Available in Canada, Mexico, Israel, China, and India.
Limited to the 7130, 8703e, 8130, and 8830.
Included in the Worldwide plan; all other plans charge $0.002 per kilobyte.
Off-Network Data Roaming (GPRS Network only)
GPRS International Data Roaming is limited to the BlackBerry 8830 only.
Included in the Worldwide plan; all other plans charge $0.016 per kilobyte.
Direct Connect, Text Messages, and Multimedia services (capable devices only)
Standard casual rates apply.
Attachable plans should be added to avoid casual charges.
Phone as Modem (PAM) service (CDMA only)
PAM service is built-in to CDMA BlackBerry plans with the following exceptions:
$30.00 Power Vision BlackBerry Data Pack (can be added for $15.00). 
$69.99 Worldwide BlackBerry Plan (can be added for $15.00).
$40.00 Add Worldwide BlackBerry Data (not available). 
PAM plans are not needed on iDEN BlackBerry devices.
Message Charges
No message charges apply for the $30.00 Power Vision BlackBerry Data Pack.
Casual message charges apply for all other BlackBerry plans (unless another message service is added to the line).
Requirements:

To provision and use BlackBerry data services, a BlackBerry data plan is required on the subscription.
A 1 or 2-year subscriber agreement is required for stand-alone plans on a brand new line of service.
A new subscriber agreement is not required for:
Existing lines of service.
Attachable or buy-up options.
See Blackberry Data Plan Options grid above.
$40.00 Worldwide Data Plans can only be combined with one of the following plans:
Simply Everything ($69.99, $89.99, $99.99)
Simply Everything Plus/SERO Replacement ($59.99, $79.99)
Talk/Message/Data Share ($129.99, $169.99)
Attachable option plans must be combined on the same line as the primary voice plan.
Exceptions:

iDEN devices only: The $39.99 Promotional Plan is only available as an attachable plan.
It is not available as a stand-alone plan.
BlackBerry plans cannot be combined with data pack plan options except for:
$30.00 Power Vision BlackBerry Data Pack
$20.00 BlackBerry BES buy-up option.
Nationwide Volume Pricing (NVP) discounts do not apply on the $39.99 BlackBerry Unlimited Promotional Plan.
NVP discounts apply on the non-promotional plans.
Actions:

Select the appropriate attachable option versus stand-alone option based on the customers needs.
Offer the stand-alone option to customers who do not want to use voice minutes on their device.
iDEN devices only: The $39.99 Promotional Plan is only available as an attachable plan.
It's not available as a stand-alone plan.
Inform customers that if they use voice minutes without a primary voice plan on the subscription, they will be charged:
$0.20 per minute casual voice charges with an additional $0.20 per minute for Long Distance.
$0.65 per minute domestic off-network roaming calls with additional $0.25 per minute for Long Distance.
Transfer customers who will be travelling internationally or who have questions about international roaming to Sprint or Nextel Worldwide Roaming Care located under the General Toll Free Numbers section of the Sprint Phonebook. 


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