FOI/EIR 25/26-412-Telecoms Software

Details of our telecoms software and usage

Request received 21 November 2025

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information. 

Telephone System

  • What make is your telephone system?
  • How old is the telephone system you operate?
  • How many users do you have?
  • Is your telephone system cloud based or on premise?
  • Can your switchboard operators transfer external incoming calls to all users across your estate?
  • How many extensions does your telephone system have? 

Telecoms Estate

  • How much do you spend annually on telecoms?
  • Do you know how this is split into Voice Telecoms / Data Networking / Mobile Communications / Maintenance?
  • How many analogue lines do you have?
  • How many ISDN2 Services do you have?
  • How many ISDN30 Services do you have?
  • How many mobiles do you have?
  • Have you done anything about the Analogue Switch Off / Digital Switch On? If so, what have you done?
  • What are the contact details for the person who looks after telecoms and the costs associated with these? 

Microsoft

  • How much do you spend annually with Microsoft?
  • How often do you review licensing costs? 

Responded 19 December 2025

Telephone System

  • Mitel
  • 8 years
  • 194
  • On Premise
  • Yes
  • 235

Telecoms Estate

  • £55,044.32 (2024/2025 including mobile device refresh)
  • £9675 Annual Licence and Support, £24,358 access and call charges, £4,200 upgrade and consultancy and £16,810 mobile device refresh and line/call charges
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 172
  • N/A
  • ICT Manager

    Microsoft

  • £64K (2024/2025)
  • Annually