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IoT SIM Card Pricing

What are the rate plans and associated costs for Telnyx programmable wireless?

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Written by Telnyx Engineering
Updated over 6 months ago

There are 3 components to Telnyx IoT pricing:

  1. One-time charge (OTC)

  2. Monthly recurring charges (MRC)

  3. Data usage

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One-Time Charge for Wireless

Each SIM has a one-time charge of $1. This cost is incurred upon ordering a SIM card in the Mission Control Portal. If the destination for the SIM card is outside of the US or Canada there may also be a shipping cost incurred here.

Monthly Recurring Charges for Wireless

Once a SIM is registered and showing up in your Mission Control Portal it will incur a monthly charge of $2/SIM.

Note: This charge is reduced to $0.20/SIM for SIMs that are on standby or deactivated. You can change the state of a SIM in the Portal or using this endpoint.

Data Usage Billing Explained

Data usage is billed on a tiered basis (upload and download) and the data rate is determined by the location in which the SIM is in use and the amount of data used across the account. Data usage on Telnyx SIMs is billed at a different rate depending on the country of usage - this is determined by the MCC that is being used by the SIM.

Each country that Telnyx Wireless operates in is mapped to a zone. Data usage is charged based on 9 zones and the amount of data consumed across the account.

Calculation Example:

As usage charges are calculated in near real-time, all users would start at the lowest volume Tier. i.e. for the first 100MB of usage on the account (not an individual SIM) all PAYG users would pay the rate at that Tier.

Let’s take the example of Acme IoT Solutions, a Wireless Customer of Telnyx in the US. They have 40 SIMs on their account. In the month of April, they consume 25 GB of data. They will be charged for Zone 1 usage as follows:

First 100MB - Until the total consumption across all SIMs on their account reaches 100MB they will be charged the Zone-1:Tier-1 rate of $0.0780/MB

So, 100MB x $0.078/MB = $7.8

Between 100 and 500MB - Between 100MB and 500MB (again, measured for the whole account, i.e total usage across all SIMs consuming data) they will be charged the Zone-1-Tier-2 rate of $0.0390/MB

So, 400MB x $0.039/MB = $15.6

Between 500 and 2GB - This will be charged the Zone-1:Tier-3 rate of $0.0195

So, 1,500MB x $0.0195/MB = $29.25

Between 2 GB and 5GB - This will be charged the Zone-1:Tier-4 rate of 0.0150

So, 3,000MB x $0.015/MB = $45

Between 5GB and 25GB - This will be charged at the Zone-1:Tier-5 rate of 0.0125

So, 20,000MB x $0.0125/MB = $250

Total spent for 25GB usage in Zone1 -> $7.8 + $15.6 + $29.25+ $45 + $250 = $347.65

The zone and usage rates can be found below:

Zone 1:

Tier Price/MB

Up To

TIER

0.0780

100MB

TIER-1

0.0390

500MB

TIER-2

0.0195

2GB

TIER-3

0.0150

5GB

TIER-4

0.0125

>5GB

TIER-5

Zone 2:

Tier Price/MB

Up To

TIER

0.2028

100MB

TIER-1

0.1014

500MB

TIER-2

0.0507

2GB

TIER-3

0.0390

5GB

TIER-4

0.0325

>5GB

TIER-5

Zone 3:

Tier Price/MB

Up To

TIER

0.3900

100MB

TIER-1

0.1950

500MB

TIER-2

0.0975

2GB

TIER-3

0.0750

5GB

TIER-4

0.0625

>5GB

TIER-5

Zone 4:

Tier Price/MB

Up To

TIER

0.7800

100MB

TIER-1

0.3900

500MB

TIER-2

0.1950

2GB

TIER-3

0.1500

5GB

TIER-4

0.1250

>5GB

TIER-5

Zone 5:

Tier Price/MB

Up To

TIER

2.0280

100MB

TIER-1

1.0140

500MB

TIER-2

0.5070

2GB

TIER-3

0.3900

5GB

TIER-4

0.3250

>5GB

TIER-5

Zone 6:

Tier Price/MB

Up To

TIER

3.9000

100MB

TIER-1

1.9500

500MB

TIER-2

0.9750

2GB

TIER-3

0.7500

5GB

TIER-4

0.6250

>5GB

TIER-5

Zone 7:

Tier Price/MB

Up To

TIER

7.8000

100MB

TIER-1

3.9000

500MB

TIER-2

1.9500

2GB

TIER-3

1.5000

5GB

TIER-4

1.2500

>5GB

TIER-5

Zone 8:

Tier Price/MB

Up To

TIER

20.2800

100MB

TIER-1

10.1400

500MB

TIER-2

5.0700

2GB

TIER-3

3.9000

5GB

TIER-4

3.2500

>5GB

TIER-5

Zone 9:

Tier Price/MB

Up To

TIER

39.0000

100MB

TIER-1

19.5000

500MB

TIER-2

9.7500

2GB

TIER-3

7.5000

5GB

TIER-4

6.2500

>5GB

TIER-5

Telnyx Wireless Zone Mapping

For up-to-date zone pricing by country please check here.

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