How Do I Check Whether an Order Is Added to a Data Pool? What Is the Data Limit of a Pooled SIM Card?

Pool ID

A pool ID uniquely identifies a data pool. You can click a pool ID to go to the pool details page and view the list of activated members.

Pool Name

You can click to change the name of the forward data pool.

Total Cards

Total number of cards in the forward data pool. You can use SIM cards in one or more orders to form a forward data pool.

Effective Cards

Total number of activated cards in the forward data pool. Data of inactive SIM cards cannot be shared.

Plan

Monthly data plan specifications of a single SIM card. It is an attribute of the SIM card and data pool.

Effective Data (MB)

Effective data = Number of activated SIM cards in the forward data pool x Monthly data plan specifications of a single SIM card

Remaining/Used Data (MB)

Effective data = Remaining data + Used data. If the remaining data is less than or equal to 0, the plan quota of the forward data pool is used up. In this case, all cards in the forward data pool are suspended and automatically resumed in the next month.

You can click the refresh icon to refresh the data usage information.

Batch No.

The batch number is an attribute of an order. For data pools, this field identifies the orders (one or more) that form the data pool.

Billing Cycle

You can click in the Billing Cycle column to select a month to view the data usage.

Status

A data pool can be in use or disabled. After all cards in the order corresponding to the data pool are deregistered, the data pool status changes to disabled.

You cannot add a member, subscribe to a data pool add-on, or activate a physical SIM card for a disabled data pool.

Updated

Time when the data usage data of the selected billing cycle is updated.

Billing Cycle Starts

Start time of the selected billing cycle.

A billing cycle starts in the first day of a calendar month for China Telecom, China Mobile, and carriers outside the Chinese mainland, and on the 27th day of the previous month for China Unicom.

Billing Cycle Ends

End time of the selected billing cycle.

A billing cycle ends in the last day of a calendar month for China Telecom, China Mobile, and carriers outside the Chinese mainland, and on the 26th of the current month for China Unicom.

Pool ID

A pool ID uniquely identifies a data pool. You can click a data pool ID to go to the pool details page and view the list of activated members.

Pool Name

This feature facilitates backward data pool management.

Status

Backward data pool status. For details, see Lifecycle.

Total Cards

Total number of cards in the backward data pool. You can use SIM cards in one or more orders to form a backward data pool.

Effective Cards

Total number of activated cards in the backward data pool. Data of inactive SIM cards cannot be shared.

Used Data (MB)

Total monthly used data of all activated SIM cards in the backward data pool.

You can click the refresh icon to refresh the usage information.

Batch No.

The batch number is an attribute of an order. For data pools, this field identifies the orders (one or more) that form the data pool.

Billing Cycle

You can click in the Billing Cycle column to select a month to view the data usage.

Updated

Time when the data usage of the selected billing cycle is updated.

Billing Cycle Starts

Start time of the selected billing cycle.

A billing cycle starts in the first day of a calendar month for China Telecom, China Mobile, and carriers outside the Chinese mainland, and on the 27th day of the previous month for China Unicom.

Billing Cycle Ends

End time of the selected billing cycle.

A billing cycle ends in the last day of a calendar month for China Telecom, China Mobile, and carriers outside the Chinese mainland, and on the 26th of the current month for China Unicom.

In use

The backward data pool is generated and is in use.

Suspended

The pool is suspended when your account is in the retention period or when the pool data threshold is met.

Disabled

If you fail to pay the outstanding amount when the retention period ends, your backward data pools will be Disabled.