For freshmen at New Jersey's Montclair State University, the new freedoms that presumably came with college age included a mandatory cell phone with which the school could pinpoint their whereabouts on or off campus. The University is offering special cell phones that in exchange for the user’s location, will communicate cafeteria specials, display bus location, and also enable its user the ability to activate an emergency beacon (known as “Gaurdian” service) if they feel in danger. Students will be available to communicate with each other and the college will charge a fee of $ 186 per semester. Students can also turn on / off the homing beacon feature as per their convinience putting an end to privacy issues.

Under the University Cincinnati program, operated in partnership with Cincinnati Bell Inc., freshmen are offered a free Nokia phone but pay for the voice and data services they select. They also can buy trendier thin phones like Motorola Inc.’s Razr for $170 or an I-Mate “smart phone” with keyboard for $519.
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