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Stay in touch with your students, alumni, faculty and staff with mobile communication. Archimedes One combines mobile messaging and mobile websites to provide your community with anywhere, anytime access. Ideas for mobile communications include:
- Alerts for school closings or delays
- Update on sports schedules, scores and standings
- Alumni news and events
- Special events happening on campus
NOW Colleges and Univerisities can earn recurring revenue for Sprint activations - PLUS Students & Employees may qualify for additional benefits* including:
- Save up to $150 on cell phones
- Students get 10% off Sprint service plans*
- No activation fee for Students from Sprint*
- Employees get 15% off Sprint service plans*
- PLUS get $25 for referring a friend to Sprint!*
STUDENT TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
- Over 90% of college students own a mobile phone
- They carry it virtually all of the time
- Students are addicted to SMS, IM
- Students change handsets every 18 months on average
- Only 14% of college dorm residents activate their land lines
- Schools are losing long-distance revenue
- Schools have difficulty contacting students
- Only 20% of college students check their school email every day
- Schools have difficulty communicating with students
- IMG have adopted g-mail, hotmail, yahoo mail, etc
- Campus web portals are not capturing student traffic
- Facebook, MySpace, LiveJournal, DailyJolt, etc
- Campus safety remains a top concern
- 911 from cell phones often bypasses Campus Security
- Schools want to keep reported crime stats down
- Competition for top candidates is forcing schools to innovate
- Schools spending millions on student centers, Wi-Fi, iPods, etc
*Must be a participating college/university. Students and Employees must be able to show valid college/university ID. Accounts subject to Customer Agreement, calling plan and credit approval. Not all Sprint calling plans are eligible for the monthly discount. Additional restrictions may apply.
Please contact feedback@archimedes1.com to request full details of the program or call 1-508-689-4089.
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