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Business mobile contracts

UK public sector · 104 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
104
Last 12 months
Median contract
£90k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£23.3m
93 of 98 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
88
Suppliers
35

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most business mobile contracts took 62% of them (64 of 104).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter held steady across the period.
  • The median contract, £90k, is 18% below the median across it & software contracts (£110k).
  • London had the most contracts: 21, or 20% of the total.

Who buys business mobile

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office9 contracts
  2. 2Police and Crime Commissioner for Surrey3 contracts
  3. 3Cheshire Constabulary2 contracts
  4. 4Sunderland City Council2 contracts
  5. 5Ofcom2 contracts
  6. 6University of Kent2 contracts
  7. 7UK Health Security Agency2 contracts
  8. 8East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts
  9. 9Sheffield City Council1 contract
  10. 10The City of Edinburgh Council1 contract

Top business mobile contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Vodafone25 contracts
  2. 2Virgin Media Business13 contracts
  3. 3Virgin Media O211 contracts
  4. 4BT11 contracts
  5. 5Southern Communications Group4 contracts
  6. 6Social Telecoms CIC3 contracts
  7. 7Wavenet3 contracts
  8. 8Abzorb2 contracts
  9. 9Wireless Logic2 contracts
  10. 10Daisy Communications2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

21Q4 2025*31Q1 202624Q2 202628Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 93 · Scotland 6 · Wales 5

London21South East14Yorkshire and The Humber9North West8West Midlands6East of England6Wales5North East4East Midlands4South West4Scotland3Northern Ireland1UK-wide or not stated19

What is included

Mobile network service for staff phones and connected devices: voice, SMS and data airtime, SIM cards and tariffs, and data-only SIMs for vehicles, cameras and IoT devices, often with handsets supplied under the same contract.

  • Corporate mobile voice and data contracts
  • SIM cards and tariffs, including multi-network SIMs
  • Data-only SIMs for body worn video, vehicle fleets and mobile data terminals
  • IoT and machine SIM airtime (loggers, lift alarms, noticeboards)
  • Mobile phones supplied with airtime
  • Mobile lots on telecoms frameworks
  • Telecoms expense management: mobile bill auditing, cost allocation and tariff optimisation

What is not included

  • Satellite phones and airtime -> it.tel.satellite-communications
  • Airwave, ESN and two-way radio -> it.tel.radio-and-critical-comms
  • Bulk SMS sent from a gateway -> it.tel.sms-messaging
  • Smartphones and tablets bought without airtime -> another family: end-user devices

Often bought by the same buyers