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I have several company vehicles with old analog, built-in cell phones. Company policy says that we are supposted to only use hands-free while using a company vehicle, which is one reason why we keep these grandfathered units around. However, the service plans we currently have is great for low use, local area work, but not great for the company car travelling to an office in a neighboring state.

I have considered purchasing a car kit and a pocket phone for each vehicle but am worried about getting these stolen. One idea is to tie the vehicle keys to the phone, however, I have multiple key sets and user groups for a particular vehicle. Plus, when that contract is up and I change phones, how lucky will I be to find the company still using the same brand of phone?

Complicating the situation I have read that cell companies will not have to support analog service after 2006, so I am interested in finding out what you may have done in your company.