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FOI 4643 Telephone systems

Please provide details below for your telephone systems

Telephony Systems (VOIP/PBX)
Ref Question Response
1 Which types of telephony system does the Trust utilise? (E.g. PBX, VOIP, Unified Communication (UC) – please specify all that apply).  PBX & Voip
2 Brand of the PBX, VOIP and UC  Unify Enterprise Communications
3 Are these systems on premise or hosted?  On Premise
4 How are the systems maintained (Maintenance Contract, Outsourced Managed Service, Shared Service or internal Trust resource)  Maintenance Contract
5 Existing Supplier/s of above referenced service contracts (if there is more than one supplier please name each) Unify Enterprise Communications
6 Contract Description: please provide a brief description of the overall service provided under this contract  24/7 365  – 4 hour response
7 Expiry date of initial contract term, excluding any potential extension period (please provide the day/month/year)  Current Contract end date 16/04/2017
8 Annual Average Spend (the annual average spend for each contract)  8 switches on 5 sites 93k
9 Number of users on each system or PBX  8000
10 Application(s) running on PBX/VOIP systems  N/A
11 Who maintains the Local Area Network (Trust or external party; if external please specify names of associated parties) and what is the brand of the associated network hardware e.g. Cisco, HP etc?  Network first / Virgin

 

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12 Which company provides and maintains the Wi-Fi network (Trust or external party; if external please specify names of associated parties) and what is the brand of the associated network hardware e.g. Cisco, HP etc?  Qolcomm
13 Which company provides the Wide-Area-Network?  Virgin / BT
14 Is the Trust planning to procure a new VOIP telephone system to replace an end-of-life analogue switch?  If so, in which month and year (approximately) is the tender likely to be released?  Currently in Review
15 Contact Details of the person from with the organisation responsible for each contract including full Contact details  Lyn Ward, Telecoms Manager lyn.ward@heartofengland.nhs.uk

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