Procedure

Registration and Real-Name Authentication

Register a Huawei Cloud account and complete enterprise real-name authentication.

Purchasing Physical SIM Cards

1. Contact the account manager or consult online to obtain the commercial discount, and then purchase the product with the provided purchase link.

   

2. Specify the plan specifications. Set the application scenario, SIM type, monthly data plan per card, whether to use a forward data pool, quantity unit, required duration, and quantity. Parameter description:
   • Plan types:

     Currently, GSL provides Chinese mainland data plans and global data plans. Click tabs to switch between them.

     

   • SIM Type

     Currently, GSL provides commercial and industrial physical SIM cards.

     Product Type	Commercial SIM		Industrial SIM
     Product Form	Plug-in SIM	SMD SIM	Plug-in SIM	SMD SIM
     Packaging Material	ABS or PVC	ABS or PVC	Industrial plastics or ceramics	Industrial plastics or ceramics
     Operating Temperature	–25°C to +85°C	–25°C to +85°C	–40°C to +105°C	–40°C to +105°C
     Shock	5 Hz to 500 Hz	20 Hz to 2,000 Hz	5 Hz to 500 Hz	20 Hz to 2,000 Hz
     Lifecycle	100,000 times	100,000 times	500,000 times	500,000 times

     Commercial physical SIM cards include 3-in-1 SIM, 2-in-1 SIM, and SMD SIM.

     • Commercial 2-in-1 SIM: common (mini) SIM and micro SIM, excluding nano SIM.
     • Commercial 3-in-1 SIM: common (mini) SIM, micro SIM, and nano SIM.
     • Commercial SMD SIM: can be welded to devices.

     

     Industrial physical SIM cards include common SIM and SMD SIM.

     • Industrial common SIM: common SIM cards (2FF).
     • Industrial SMD SIM: can be welded to devices.
   • Carrier: Different carriers support different network standards. Select a carrier based on the network supported by your device.
     • China Mobile IoT SIM cards only support 4G networks.
     • China Telecom IoT SIM cards only support 4G networks.
     • China Unicom IoT SIM cards support both 3G and 4G networks.
     • IoT SIM cards of carriers outside the Chinese mainland only support 4G networks.
   • Forward data pool: If you select Existing forward data pool or New forward data pool when purchasing SIM cards, the SIM cards in the order share data.
     • All SIM cards in the same data pool share data. For example, ten 1 GB SIM cards form a 10 GB data pool.
     • Once the pool is at its monthly data usage limit, all its SIM cards will be suspended until next month.
     • Test cards cannot form data pools.
     • For China Telecom SIM cards, you can only specify the data pool when placing an order. After the order is placed, the data pool cannot be changed.
     • It is recommended that you create a data pool during card purchase process. Carriers may not support pooling after purchase.

     Note: You cannot form a data pool with unpooled cards after the order is placed.

   • Quantity: The number of cards to purchase is equal to quantity multiplied by quantity unit. Example: If Quantity Unit is set to 1000, Quantity is set to 5, 5000 SIM plans will be purchased.
   • Fixed address information: To purchase a data plan of over 100 MB or to form a data pool, you need a fixed domain name or IP address. For details, see Dedicated Data.

3. Read the precautions.
4. Confirm the order information.

   Click Buy Now.

   

5. Pay for the order.

   Select I have read and agree to the Global SIM Link Disclaimer, click Pay Now, and wait for the delivery.

   

   After the payment is successful, cards will be shipped within about 10 working days (six weeks for China Mobile SIM cards with plans of over 100 MB).