The Cellular settings configure cellular services on an iOS device.
Roaming and personal hotspot settings
The following table describes the cellular roaming and hotspot settings that you can configure on
an iOS device:
Policy setting |
Description |
Supported devices |
Enable data roaming |
The device can use data roaming. The user of the device can also manage and override the
default setting. |
|
Enable voice roaming |
The device can use voice roaming. The user of the device can also manage and override the
default setting. |
|
Enable personal hotspot |
The user can use a personal hotspot on the device. The user of the device can also manage and
override the default setting. |
iOS 7.0+ |
Advanced settings
The following table describes the advanced settings that you can configure on how an iOS device
connects to a cellular carrier's network:
Policy setting |
Description |
Supported devices |
Name of the access point carrier |
|
Deprecated for iOS 7 |
Authentication type |
The type of authentication that is used by the access point. |
iOS 9.0+ |
Access point user name |
The user name for the default access point account. |
|
Access point password |
The password that is used for the default access point account. |
|
Proxy server address |
The IP address or fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the access point proxy
server. |
|
Proxy server port number |
The port number of the access point proxy server. |
|
Allowed protocol mask |
The accepted internet protocols that can use the access point proxy server: IPv4, IPv6, both
IPv4 and IPv6. |
iOS 10.3+ |
Allowed roaming protocol mask |
The accepted internet protocols for roaming: IPv4, IPv6, both IPv4 and IPv6. |
iOS 10.3+ |
Allowed roaming protocol mask in roaming |
The accepted internet protocols for roaming domestically: IPv4, IPv6, both IPv4 and
IPv6. |
iOS 10.3+ |
Default access point name and cellular settings for apps (iOS 9.0+)
For iOS 9, Apple allows organizations that use MDM to decide which apps can use cellular data,
like a blocklist. This feature works for apps that are managed by MaaS360® only. This feature does not apply to personal apps that are installed on
the device by the user, even if the feature is enabled in the Cellular MDM policy.
The following table describes the cellular settings that you can configure on an iOS
device:
Policy setting |
Description |
Default APN settings |
Name of access point carrier |
The cellular carrier that is used by the access point. |
Authentication type |
The type of authentication that is used by the access point: Password Authentication Protocol
(PAP) or Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP). |
Access point user name |
The user name for the default APN account. |
Access point password |
The password that is used for the default APN account. |
Cellular settings |
Block cellular data for managed apps |
The MaaS360 managed apps in this list cannot access
cellular data. |
Block cellular data for managed apps during roaming |
The MaaS360 managed apps in this list cannot access
cellular data while the device is roaming. |