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<p>The majority of mobile telephones supplied to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) are
provided by Vodafone through an enabling arrangement through the Defence Fixed Telecommunications
Service (DFTS) contract with BT. A very small number (less than 1%) of mobile telephones
are procured outside this arrangement to meet local operational demands, typically
at MOD establishments overseas. Until July 2014, the procurement of iPhones required
purchase authorisation outside the scope of the DFTS catalogue but, since then, iPhones
have been ordered by routine processes via the DFTS catalogue. Monthly network access
charges for iPhones are greater than basic mobile telephones. Expenditure on iPhone
accounts via the DFTS contract is in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>It should be
noted that iPhones purchased prior to Jan 2010 continue to incur network access charges
in the reporting period. The current cost differential is £5 for a basic mobile phone
per month and £11.23 for an iPhone.</p><p> </p><p>The annual expenditure on iPhone
purchases and network acccess charges via the DFTS contract since January 2010 to
October 2014 are shown in the attached table:</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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