Cinos

Cinos Mobile

Cinos Mobile, underpinned by EE, offers SIM cards for use by mobile / smartphones, tablets, PCs and IoT devices, or any other device that requires a mobile connection, together with a tailored range of subscription services including pay-per-use voice minutes, SMS and data, or bundled/all-inclusive voice minutes, SMS and data.

Features

  • Underpinned by the UK’s most reliable network provider EE
  • Fully managed and supported service by Cinos
  • Easy to consume packaged options
  • Mobile Data solutions for the mobile workforce
  • Machine to machine / IoT solutions
  • Native Fixed-Mobile-Convergence of unified communications and mobile services
  • Centralised call accounting
  • Optional call recording for the mobile workforce

Benefits

  • Stay connected with 99% 4G coverage, 5G in more places
  • Bring corporate and mobile telephony together with Fixed-Mobile-Convergence
  • Ease of procurement based on user role
  • Wi-Fi calling allows calls/texts even without a phone signal.
  • Peace of mind with 24x7 service monitoring and support
  • Maximum visibility with reporting and account of mobile calls
  • Ensure compliance with account and recording of mobile calls
  • Utilise existing handsets and devices, or procure new as require

Pricing

£0.00 a unit

  • Free trial available

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 13

Service ID

4 4 9 1 4 0 3 0 3 4 0 2 2 2 7

Contact

Cinos Jody Faulkner
Telephone: 07869370406
Email: bids@cinos.co.uk

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
What software services is the service an extension to
Our mobile solution is fully conversant with other leading Communications providers of voice, video or Instant Messaging (IM), utilising standardised protocols.
Cloud deployment model
  • Public cloud
  • Private cloud
Service constraints
The underlying platform is engineered to be highly resilient and can tolerate both unplanned component failure and planned maintenance activities. Cinos is committed to frequent and regular maintenance of the platform to ensure that the service delivers the highest levels of security and availability.
System requirements
  • When used on LAN: Voice VLAN, Quality of Service, CDP/LLDP-MED
  • Mobile devices (though these can be provided)
  • MDM platform (thought this can be provided)
  • Antivirus for mobile (though this can be provided)

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Our response times are based upon priority of the incident:

P1 - Severe Business Impact - 15 minutes
P2 - High Business Impact - 30 minutes
P3 - Medium Business Impact - 2 hours
P4 - Minor / no Business Impact - 4 hours
P5 - Service Request / Service Query - 1 business day
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
Yes
Online ticketing support accessibility
None or don’t know
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support
No
Onsite support
Onsite support
Support levels
We offer varied Service Level Agreements based on deployment model: 

• The Service Level Agreement (SLA) for Standard Private or Community Cloud is 99.9% 
• The Service Level Agreement (SLA) for Cloud HA Private or Community Cloud is 99.99% 
• The Service Level Agreement (SLA) for Hybrid Cloud is 99.99%. 

There is no cost implication for the differing support levels; the support level is derived from the deployment model chosen.

We provide a named Technical Account Manager for all of our customers, providing a point of escalation, a named contact for service queries and technical update / roadmap workshop sessions.
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
In order to fully understand your business objectives and produce an appropriate design to fully meet requirements, we offer a number of workshops to gain a comprehensive understanding of your organisation. This information, combined with detailed benefits analysis enables Cinos to provide the perfect solution to meet your business need.

While we have industrialised and standardised our approach as far as possible, we appreciate that each of our customers and their requirements are unique. Our typical on-boarding process follows a closely aligned PRINCE2 methodology which incorporates the following key stages:

• Initiate and Assess

• Plan and Design

• Procure

• Implement

• Prepare

• Handover and Transition

• Benefits Realisation
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
In the event you wish to leave our service, we will meet all necessary obligations in order to enable a smooth transition of service, including the release of any software licenses to you.

Service cessation should be initiated by request in writing, where we will be happy to work with you define a service cessation plan.
End-of-contract process
In the event you wish to leave our service, we will meet all necessary obligations in order to enable a smooth transition of service, including the release of any software licenses to you.

Service cessation should be initiated by request in writing, where we will be happy to work with you define a service cessation plan.

Using the service

Web browser interface
No
Application to install
No
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
N/A the service is a mobile phone/communications service
Service interface
No
User support accessibility
WCAG 2.1 AA or EN 301 549
API
No
Customisation available
Yes
Description of customisation
Packages range from a simple handset and telephone number, voice and data, or data only connection, to fully integrated Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC) solutions which bring the corporate and mobile telephone numbers together to enable rich calling features from any device, in any location.
Our range of services include voicemail, and FMC integrated enterprise telephony services including extension (internal) dialling, call recording from any devoice, full call accounting, active call handoff (from the desk phone to mobile and mobile to desk phone) hunt groups, call pickup and more.

Scaling

Independence of resources
In order to guarantee that users are not affected by the demands from other users, UKCloud uses resource reservations and shares such as internet bandwidth shaping. In addition, the capacity planning team ensure that usage in terms of all resources are constantly monitored and increased accordingly relating to user demand.

Services provided by Cinos are multi-instance, rather than multi-tenant, meaning that each customer gets their own dedicated instance of the service.

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
These metrics include average/max CPU usage, average memory usage, average disk write/read speed and disk provisioned/utilised for VMs in all regions
Reporting types
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request

Resellers

Supplier type
Reseller providing extra support
Organisation whose services are being resold
EE, Cisco

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Conforms to BS7858:2019
Government security clearance
Up to Security Clearance (SC)

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
United Kingdom
User control over data storage and processing locations
Yes
Datacentre security standards
Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
Penetration testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Penetration testing approach
‘IT Health Check’ performed by a CHECK service provider
Protecting data at rest
  • Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v3.0
  • Physical access control, complying with SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
  • Physical access control, complying with another standard
  • Encryption of all physical media
  • Scale, obfuscating techniques, or data storage sharding
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Data sanitisation type
  • Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation
  • Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
Equipment disposal approach
Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v.30, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
Authorised users may export end user and configuration data from the service administrative interface. Exported data is typically downloaded as .CSV
Data export formats
CSV
Data import formats
CSV

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
Private network or public sector network
Data protection within supplier network
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
We offer varied Service Level Agreements based on your deployment model:

• The Service Level Agreement (SLA) for Standard Private or Community Cloud is 99.9%
• The Service Level Agreement (SLA) for Cloud HA Private or Community Cloud is 99.99%
• The Service Level Agreement (SLA) for Hybrid Cloud is 99.99%

If the service level falls below the stated availability percentage (excluding Planned and Emergency Maintenance periods), customers will be eligible for Service Credits on affected Unified Communications and Collaboration applications only. Service Credits will be calculated as a percentage of the fees for the affected services for the monthly billing period during which the failure occurred (to be applied at the end of the billing cycle).

The Service Credit for a Standard Deployment Model is 5% of the affected applications monthly spend.

The Service Credit for a Cloud HA Deployment Model is 15% of the affected applications monthly spend.

The Service Credit for a Hybrid Cloud Deployment Model is 5% of the affected applications monthly spend.
Approach to resilience
Our service is deployed across a number of sites, regions and zones. Each zone is designed to eliminate single points of failure (such as power, network and hardware). Customers are encouraged to ensure their solution spans multiple sites, regions or zones to ensure service continuity should a failure occur.
Outage reporting
All outages will be reported via email.  Outages are identified as Planned maintenance, Emergency maintenance, and platform issues.  In addition, the designated Technical Account Manager will proactively contact customers as appropriate.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Limited access network (for example PSN)
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
For online systems (e.g. Customer Portal & API interfaces), all users are required to have a unique username, password and memorable word combination. Customers may also use 2FA authentication tokens.
Access restriction testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Management access authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Public key authentication (including by TLS client certificate)
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Limited access network (for example PSN)
  • Dedicated link (for example VPN)
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
Users have access to real-time audit information
How long user audit data is stored for
Between 1 month and 6 months
Access to supplier activity audit information
Users have access to real-time audit information
How long supplier audit data is stored for
Between 1 month and 6 months
How long system logs are stored for
Between 1 month and 6 months

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
Bmtrada
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
11 March 2016
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
No exclusions.
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
No
Cyber essentials plus
Yes
Other security certifications
No

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
Yes
Security governance standards
ISO/IEC 27001
Information security policies and processes
The Company is governed by an integrated suite of information security policies. Under the top level Information Security Policy itself are second-level documents with specific focus on Acceptable Use, Antivirus Protection, Asset Management, Business Continuity Management, Data Protection, Password Management, Personnel Management, Supply Chain Management and many others.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Configuration and change management approach
Cinos has documented configuration and change management policies and processes, which have been implemented, maintained and assessed in accordance with the guidance from ITIL v.3 and the current ISO20000 standard.
Vulnerability management type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Vulnerability management approach
Cinos has a documented vulnerability management policy and process, which have been implemented, maintained and assessed in accordance with the guidance from ITIL v.3 and the current ISO20000 and ISO27001 standards. Where technically possible, real-time updates and status reports are identified and sourced from credible vendor sources, which cover a significant proportion of our asset population. For other systems and software, assigned personnel have responsibility for regularly reviewing technical forums and specialist groups to promptly identify and evaluate any emerging patches or updates which require our attention.
Protective monitoring type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Protective monitoring approach
Our service is based upon Infrastructure as a Service. Following best practice from the National Cyber Security Centre, Cinos protects our platforms with enhanced protective monitoring services (SIEM), at the hypervisor level and below. It includes checks on time sources, cross-boundary traffic, suspicious activities at a boundary, network connections and the status of backups, amongst many others. All alerts are immediately notified to the Cinos NOC for prompt investigation.
Incident management type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example, CSA CCM v3.0 or ISO/IEC 27035:2011 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Incident management approach
Cinos has a documented incident management policy and process, which have been implemented, maintained and assessed in accordance with the guidance from ITIL v.3 and the current ISO20000 and ISO27001 standards. This activity is responsible for the progression of alerts generated by automated monitoring systems, issues identified by personnel, and incidents identified and reported. All incidents are promptly reported into a central ticketing system, which ensures that each is promptly assigned to an appropriate resource, and its progress tracked (and escalated, as required) to resolution.

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Supplier-defined process

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
Yes
Connected networks
  • Public Services Network (PSN)
  • NHS Network (N3)
  • Joint Academic Network (JANET)
  • Health and Social Care Network (HSCN)

Social Value

Fighting climate change

Fighting climate change

In the delivery of this Service, Cinos are committed to fighting the climate catastrophe. Our Environmental Management System (EMS) is accredited to ISO14001 aligning to processes and procedures managing the impact of business activities to increase sustainability including measure and management of carbon footprint and carbon reduction. To achieve net-zero carbon and decarbonisation of our supply-chain we are;
Only obtaining services, equipment and power from providers, manufacturers and vendors committed to environmental protection - Removing use of substances and processes that adversely affect the environment - Offsetting carbon emissions through Earthly which offsets carbon impact of the business through tree planting and forest protection - Using collaboration technologies to reduce physical travel and offset carbon emissions - Encouraging staff to cycle to work through, Cycle-to-Work scheme and secure storage - Recruiting locally and sourcing of local suppliers to reduce business travel requirements - Providing environmental training to influence behaviour in reducing waste and using resources efficiently - Designing and operating offices for maximum energy efficiency - Upgrading offices to HVAC, insulation, and other systems to reduce energy consumption and emissions - Removing diesel-powered vehicles, increasing use of electric or plug-in hybrid - Preventing technology from reaching landfill by safely decommissioning and recycling replaced hardware, refurbishing equipment for resale or donation - Alongside industry colleagues, identifying and driving better packaging behaviours and innovation within the industry, e.g. recycling pallets for Alpaca Houses - Participating in green initiatives supporting wider community e.g. working with the National Forest: https://www.cinos.net/our-company/going-green/ Cinos contributes towards our planting 2,022 tree target for every new project we are awarded.

Through the lifetime of your engagement with Cinos, all stakeholders will contribute to our Environmental Policy and the delivery of this Social Value theme. We engage with all stakeholders regularly to measure our performance and update environmental policy accordingly.
Covid-19 recovery

Covid-19 recovery

Available on request.
Tackling economic inequality

Tackling economic inequality

Available on request.
Equal opportunity

Equal opportunity

In the delivery of this Service, Cinos will deliver Equal Opportunity in line with the Social Value Model as follows;
As a Disability Confident employer, Cinos provide equality of opportunity for anyone with visible and/or non-visible disabilities. We ensure that our supply-chain share our values and disabled employees are fully-supported. Processes ensure we understand the issues affecting representation of disabled people in the workforce. We provide all speciality equipment for employees to fulfil their duties from any location so there are no barriers to any employee performing their role.
Cinos provide employment opportunities for all, regardless of gender, age, ethnic-origin, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. We promote the principles of equality and diversity in all dealings and hold Investors-in-People (Gold) and Living-Wage accreditations. We offer a range of accessible opportunities within our recruitment process with working-conditions promoting an inclusive working environment, including flexible and remote working. We’re committed to providing a working environment free from discrimination.
We support all employees in upskilling and progressing in their career with training budget allocated to every individual, alongside quarterly appraisals. Everyone has equal access career-development opportunities aligned to experience and ability. We take appropriate positive-action measures to provide specialised training and support for groups that are under-represented in taking-up training and career-development opportunities. Our apprenticeship program provides employment and training for candidates from local colleges and universities resulting in a job offer.
Cinos are committed to the avoidance of Modern-Slavery within our organisation and supply chains. We only work with suppliers who have embedded sustainable and ethical practices within their organisation; reporting in line with the UN Guiding Principles Framework and the Modern-Slavery Act and ensuring that our commitment to delivering social benefits and upholding human rights is disseminated through our Impact Report, Modern-Slavery Act statement and Sustainable Procurement Policy.
Wellbeing

Wellbeing

Available on request.

Pricing

Price
£0.00 a unit
Discount for educational organisations
No
Free trial available
Yes
Description of free trial
Cinos offers a time limited no commitment, free trial of our service, which may be supported by equipment loan where necessary. All features are available within the trial. Trials are typically limited to 90 days.

Service documents

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