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Windsor Telecom Limited

Cloud Telephony, Contact Centre & Unified Communications

Windsor Cloud Telephony is a complete, secure solution. Feature-rich and device agnostic. It is easy to administer and manage your telephony, features and assets with an intuitive cloud control panel. Track performance with our call stats package. Move away from dated and expensive phone systems to an agile scalable environment.

Features

  • Memorable Telephone Numbers: 030 and 033 ranges, porting existing numbers
  • Inbound call management: contact centre tools, routing plans, statistics, DR
  • Hosted PBX; Fully-featured, reporting, wall boards, disaster recovery.
  • Call Recording: retention periods, access online via portal, download, audit
  • M365 Teams Integration; UC application, integrated with cloud telephony
  • CRM Integration: click to dial, out-of-the-box or bespoke integrations
  • Wall boards & Analytics; standard and bespoke management reporting applications
  • Guaranteed Connectivity options; assured end-to-end QoS over Windsor connectivity
  • Full Whatsapp integration for inbound and outbound messaging

Benefits

  • Easy and enjoyable: focus on end-user adoption and customer success
  • Work anywhere: cloud service runs on multiple devices over internet
  • Simple to manage: optimise admin control and visibility
  • Cost effective: simple per user cost model
  • Full support: 247, 365 day support by our UK-based team
  • Account Management: Dedicated Account manager allocated as point of contact
  • Improves efficiency: save travel time and costs through online meetings
  • Remove capital expenditure: No up-front costs, a transparent monthly pricing-model
  • Disaster Recovery with calling plans easily invoked

Pricing

£15 a licence

  • Education pricing available
  • Free trial available

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at nick.grime@windsor-telecom.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

9 4 0 9 1 5 8 9 6 0 9 7 0 1 9

Contact

Windsor Telecom Limited Nick Grime
Telephone: 03331234007
Email: nick.grime@windsor-telecom.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
M356
Cloud deployment model
Private cloud
Service constraints
None
System requirements
Any desktop, laptop or mobile device

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
Phone support is immediate, tickets are raised and rated based on priority / severity of outage / issue, with response times ranging from 30minutes to 8 hours for low urgency non faults.
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
No
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support
Web chat
Web chat support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support accessibility standard
None or don’t know
How the web chat support is accessible
Via the Windsor Telecom website or portal
Web chat accessibility testing
None
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
We believe that making technology easy and enjoyable should apply as much to the commercial
relationships as it does the products and services we provide.
Our pricing will always be clear and transparent, as well as tailored to your specific requirements, with
any one-off and recurring fees clearly set out. Example pricing can be found within the rate cards
provided, with a full quote available from our account teams
Support available to third parties
No

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
Setting the foundations for customer success is at the heart of the on-boarding process, this includes
ensuring a great end user experience and high-levels of adoption. Our process has three clear tracks:
• On-boarding your organisation; this welcomes you as a new customer to Windsor and sets
up the relationship. We ensure clear expectations are set with project owners to make sure all
contracts and service level agreements are in place, a contact plan and is established and
that you are clear on how to reach us should you ever need help and support. We will also set
up and train administrators on our portals and that billing, payment and service reporting
processes are all set up.
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
Data is destroyed in accordance with our GDPR policy which is available on our website. Any
hardware disposals are made in accordance with current guidelines, with the equipment being wiped
and then disposed of in accordance with WEEE regulations.
End-of-contract process
Should you need to leave us, please follow our off-boarding process. All our agreements can be
terminated on 30-days notice, providing any minimum term has expired. Please provide notice of
termination in writing, which can be submitted electronically.

Using the service

Web browser interface
No
Application to install
Yes
Compatible operating systems
  • Android
  • IOS
  • Windows
  • Windows Phone
  • Other
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
Small look and feel differences, this varies from platform to platform.
Service interface
No
User support accessibility
None or don’t know
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
The API offers a broad range of features and hook that can not be fully described here..

API is setup by us on a case by case basis depending on the customer requirement.
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
HTML
API sandbox or test environment
Yes
Customisation available
No

Scaling

Independence of resources
Regular staff resource management is completed including current work loads, new business and pipeline with forecasting for additional staffing requirement created in advance of workload

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
There are a huge range of reports and real time data available from logged in user time, total call handling time etc. A full and detail report list is provided to the customer at first point of engagement
Reporting types
  • API access
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request

Resellers

Supplier type
Reseller providing extra features and support
Organisation whose services are being resold
Xelion, 8x8 , 3cx, Horizon, Cirrus, M365 Phones system

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Staff screening not performed
Government security clearance
None

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
User control over data storage and processing locations
No
Datacentre security standards
Managed by a third party
Penetration testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Penetration testing approach
In-house
Protecting data at rest
Encryption of all physical media
Data sanitisation process
No
Equipment disposal approach
A third-party destruction service

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
Data is destroyed in accordance with our GDPR policy which is available on our website. Any
hardware disposals are made in accordance with current guidelines, with the equipment being wiped
and then disposed of in accordance with WEEE regulations.
Data export formats
CSV
Data import formats
CSV

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
TLS (version 1.2 or above)
Data protection within supplier network
TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
Where offered, Service Credits will be based on exceeding the Maximum Time To Restore (MTTR) for
the applicable service elements, as specified within the Product Terms and Customer Order (please
note the MTTR will vary as they are often based on a flow down of service standards available from
differing technology partners).
• MTTR exceed by up to 2 hours = 1 days rental costs
• MTTR exceed by up to 4 hours = 3 days rental costs
• MTTR exceed by up to 8 hours = 7 days rental costs
• MTTR exceed by more than 8 hours = 14 days rental costs
Approach to resilience
Available on request
Outage reporting
Planned maintenance is rarely customer affecting and is always only carried out following careful risk
assessments. Where it is deemed that may be some risk to service this will be performed out of
business hours and in the event the risk is increased beyond a notional level, customers shall be
given advance warning of such maintenance. There is a status portal that customers are able to
subscribe to which is fully populated.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
This is done by username and password controls
Access restriction testing frequency
At least once a year
Management access authentication
Username or password

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
No audit information available
Access to supplier activity audit information
No audit information available
How long system logs are stored for
Between 6 months and 12 months

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
No
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
Yes
Other security certifications
No

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
No
Security governance certified
No
Security governance approach
Our products and services, together with our internal and external systems and processes follow the
principle of being secure by design. This is a requirement we extend to all our technology partners.
We are committed to maintaining Cyber Security Plus accreditation and following the essential
GCloud Security Principles
Information security policies and processes
We maintain a full information security policy available on request

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Supplier-defined controls
Configuration and change management approach
We offer a three core levels of permissions-based access and support:
• Account Authority: This level can enter commitments on behalf of the customers and
approve moves, adds and changes, including adding other Account Authorities.
• Account Administrator: This level will be able to add and remove users and specific
features, including changing other users’ settings at an individual or departmental level.
• End User: This level will have access to only to services specifically assigned for their use
and the ability to utilise functions used in their day to day working.
Vulnerability management type
Undisclosed
Vulnerability management approach
This forms part of our Data Security policy, available on request
Protective monitoring type
Undisclosed
Protective monitoring approach
This forms part of our data security policy, available on request
Incident management type
Undisclosed
Incident management approach
All clients are allocated a dedicated
account manager who can be accessed directly during working hours via phone, email or online chat,
as well as a dedicated emergency helpline that can be called 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Windsor Telecom are here when you need us:
Customer Services Enquires Telephone 0333 123 8080
(Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm): Email: service@windsor-telecom.co.uk
Webchat: www.windsor-telecom.co.uk
Technical Support Enquires Telephone 0333 123 8080
(Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm): Email: support@windsor-telecom.co.uk

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Supplier-defined process

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
No

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

Tackling economic inequality

Tackling economic inequality

- Create a diverse supply chain to deliver the contract including new
businesses and entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals.
- Support innovation and disruptive technologies throughout the supply
chain to deliver lower cost and/or higher quality goods and services.
- Support the development of scalable and future-proofed new methods to
modernise delivery and increase productivity.
- Demonstrate collaboration throughout the supply chain, and a fair and
responsible approach to working with supply chain partners in delivery of
the contract.

Pricing

Price
£15 a licence
Discount for educational organisations
Yes
Free trial available
Yes
Description of free trial
Where possible we encourage customers to take both trials and our supported proof on concept as part of their process to finalise and to agree requirements. These are typically free of charge for qualifying organisations.

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at nick.grime@windsor-telecom.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.