Cellular MDM payload settings for Apple devices
You can configure Cellular settings for users of an iPhone, iPad, Shared iPad, or Apple Watch enrolled in a mobile device management (MDM) solution. These settings define how your device connects to the carrier network. Use the Cellular payload to change the proxy settings for an iPhone device’s Access Point Name (APN) and cellular network. These settings define how the device connects to the carrier’s network. Change these settings only if instructed to do so by a carrier network expert. If they’re incorrect, the device can’t access data using the cellular network. To undo a change to these settings, remove the profile from the device.
The Cellular payload supports the following. For more information, see Payload information.
Supported payload identifier: com.apple.cellular
Supported operating systems and channels: iOS, iPadOS, Shared iPad device, watchOS 10.
Supported enrollment methods: Device Enrollment, Automated Device Enrollment.
Duplicates allowed: True—only one Cellular payload can be delivered to a device.
You can use the settings in the table below with the Cellular payload.
Setting | Description | Required | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
APN types | Manage the default APN, the data APN, or both. | Yes | |||||||||
Default APN name | The name of the default APN. | Yes | |||||||||
Default APN authentication type | Choose from Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) or Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP). | Yes | |||||||||
Default APN user name and password | The user name and password for the default APN account. iOS supports APN user names and passwords of up to 64 characters. | No | |||||||||
Default APN supported IP versions | Set the voice protocols to these settings:
| Yes | |||||||||
Data APN name | The name of the data APN. | Yes | |||||||||
Data APN authentication type | Choose from Password Authentication Protocol (PAP) or Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP). | Yes | |||||||||
Data APN user name and password | The user name and password for the data APN account. iOS supports APN user names and passwords of up to 64 characters. | No | |||||||||
Data APN proxy server | The IP address or fully qualified domain name (FQDN) and port number of the data APN proxy server. | No | |||||||||
Data APN supported IP versions | Set the data protocols to these settings:
| Yes | |||||||||
Data APN supported roaming IP versions | Set the roaming data protocols to these settings:
| Yes | |||||||||
EnableXLAT464 iOS 16 or later iPadOS 16.1 or later | Lets a device with a private IPv4 address connect to other IPv4 addresses using an IPv6 network. | No | |||||||||
Note: Each MDM vendor implements these settings differently. To learn how various Cellular settings are applied to your devices, consult your MDM vendor’s documentation.