# Roll out employee connectivity

Prepare the employee markets, device mix, approved plan policy, billing structure and the HR or IT workflow that initiates assignments.

Start with a small group whose devices and destinations you can verify. Confirm which continuing plans or travel packages are available for that group before promising a company-wide entitlement.

## 1. Define the entitlement

Choose the continuing mobile plan or travel allowance for the employee’s role. Record who pays, who can approve additional purchases and how a personal or company-owned number is treated.

Agree on these responsibilities before assigning the first service:

| Responsibility | Decision to record                                                         |
| -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Employee       | Who uses the service and receives private installation details             |
| Approver       | Who authorizes the initial offer, a top-up or a plan change                |
| Billing owner  | Which team or cost center pays, and who investigates an unexpected charge  |
| Support owner  | Where the employee goes when setup or network service fails                |
| Number owner   | Whether a number may leave with the employee and who approves its transfer |

Keep the employee assignment and the underlying service reference together. A change in the HR system should initiate a review or supported service action; it should not be treated as evidence that network service has already changed.

## 2. Assign the service

Connect the intended employee and approved offer. Follow the purchase or subscription to fulfillment and retain the assignment in the employee’s service record.

## 3. Deliver setup

Send the authorized employee a private installation journey. Follow installation separately from provisioning, and provide a path to help with device compatibility or the setup step reached.

## 4. Operate the assignment

Review usage observations and unresolved cases with their timestamps. Connect charges to the employee, team or cost center in the company’s billing structure.

## 5. Complete offboarding

Follow the agreed transfer, port-out or termination policy. Remove access and end or transfer the service as separate actions, then confirm their outcomes.

## Troubleshooting

If an employee cannot access installation, verify the assignment and identity before resending private credentials. If a departing employee still owns a number they need, resolve the agreed transfer path before terminating service.

## Verify the first assignment

Check that the approved employee receives the correct offer, can install it on the intended device and can use the advertised service. Confirm that support can find the assignment without asking the employee to share a QR code or activation credential.

Trace a charge back to its employee and billing owner. Test a role change or departure against the agreed policy: revoke company access, complete the supported service transfer or termination, and verify the resulting service state. Keep any unresolved billing or number-transfer task visible after the employee’s account is closed.

Use the [operations guide](/docs/guides/esim/operations) to prepare support and the [number-porting guide](/docs/guides/esim/number-porting) when a rollout involves moving existing numbers.

## Next steps

- [Roll out employee connectivity with Bird](/products/esim/employee-connectivity)
- [eSIM resource library](/products/esim/resources)
- [Get started with eSIM](/products/esim/getting-started)

## Related resources

- [What is an eSIM?](/explained/esim/what-is-an-esim) (answer)
- [eSIM](/products/esim) (product)
- [eSIM connectivity guide](/docs/guides/esim/overview) (docs)

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