Mobile, voice and data services at Office for National Statistics, 2025

FOI reference: FOI-2025-2956

You asked

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the Mobile, Voice & Data services currently in place at Office for National Statistics.

I would be grateful if you could provide the following information:

1. Current Mobile, Voice & Data Services

• Total number of active SIMs.
• Description of current tariffs/allowances.
• Name of the current service provider(s).

2. Requirements for the Next Contract

• Planned budget.
• Contract length.
• Estimated total number of SIMs (Voice & Data, and Data-only).
• Distribution of SIMs across networks (e.g. 50 on Vodafone, 100 on EE, etc.).
• Description of required UK tariffs/allowances, and EU & Rest of World (RoW) roaming bundles.
• Total number of Mobile Device Management (MDM) licences.
• Total number of Mobile Lifecycle Management subscriptions.
• Total number and types of Microsoft 365 licences.
• Total fund for mobile devices.

3. Managed IT Services

• Are all your IT & Telecoms services managed in-house or is anything outsourced?
• If outsourced, who do you use?
• Is this contract managed by the same officer at {Name of Council}?

4. Contract Review

• Date of the next review for the Mobile, Voice & Data services contract.

5. Responsible Officer(s)

• Name and contact details of the officer(s) responsible for the contract review at Office for National Statistics

We said

Thank you for your request.

Please see the associated spreadsheet, which contains the response to the information you have requested.