FOI release

Mobile devices owned and the renewal date of the DfE contract

Published 8 January 2014

  • Date requested: 18 April 2013
  • Date responded: 10 May 2013

1. Request

How many mobile devices do you have? (broken down into the following categories):

  • voice
  • smartphone
  • tablet
  • mobile broadband

What was your spend last year on mobile communications?

When is your mobile contract due for renewal?

2. Release

The department has the following number of devices:

  • 250 voice (mobile phones) as at 26 April 2013
  • 2,462 smartphones (including BlackBerrys) as at 8 April 2013
  • 2 tablets as at 8 April 2013
  • 48 mobile broadband 3G dongles as at 26 April 2013

The department spent 拢384,130.95 (including VAT) on mobile communications during the 2012 to 2013 financial year.

The department鈥檚 mobile contract is up for renewal in September 2015.