Help Center/ KooPhone/ User Guide/ Cloud Phone Subscription
Updated on 2024-07-22 GMT+08:00

Cloud Phone Subscription

Scenarios

KooPhone is a user-friendly, cost-effective, and secure cloud phone service for government, enterprise, and Internet customers.

After learning the advantages of KooPhone, you can buy a cloud phone to try KooPhone.

Prerequisites

You have applied for the OBT and the application has been approved.

Procedure

  1. Sign in to the KooPhone console and go to the Overview page.
  2. Click Buy Cloud Phone in the upper right corner, or click Buy Now in the Usage Guide > Recommended area.
  3. Complete basic settings as prompted and based on Table 1.

    Table 1 Parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Example

    Billing Mode

    Yearly/Monthly or pay-per-use. For details, see Billing.

    Yearly/Monthly

    Region

    Cloud phones in different regions cannot communicate with each other over an intranet. For lower network latency and quicker resource access, select the nearest region.

    AP-Singapore

    Cloud Phone Type

    Cloud phone instance specifications vary between editions. For details, see Instance Specifications.

    NOTE:

    Currently, only professional cloud phones are available.

    Professional/Enterprise edition

    Cloud Phone Bandwidth

    Select a bandwidth flavor as required.

    4 Mbit/s or 8 Mbit/s

    • Yearly/Monthly: You can set the required duration as required. The system deducts fees at a go.

      Yearly/Monthly cloud phone instances cannot be deleted. They can only be renewed or unsubscribed. If you do not want to use a cloud phone anymore, choose More > Unsubscribe in the Operation column of the cloud phone on the Cloud Phone Instances page.

    • Pay-per-use: You do not need to set the required duration when purchasing a pay-per-use cloud phone. The system deducts fees based on your actual usage duration.

      Pay-per-use cloud phone instances cannot be unsubscribed. To stop using such an instance, choose More > Delete in the Operation column of the cloud phone on the Cloud Phone Instances page.

  4. Set the cloud phone name.

    • A name contains up to 14 characters. Only letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_) are allowed.
    • Cloud phone names are automatically suffixed with a number in ascending order. Example: If you enter KooPhone, cloud phone instance names start from KooPhone-00001.

  5. Select the required duration and quantity.

    • Duration: Set the required duration for yearly/monthly instances. The duration ranges from one month to three years.
    • Auto-renew:
    • Quantity: Set the number of cloud phones to purchase. The value ranges from 1 to 200.
    • Price: price of the configured cloud phones.

  6. Read and agree to the agreements. Confirm the information and click Pay Now.

    Skip this step if you select Pay-per-use.

    Wait for several minutes. If the cloud phones are displayed in the cloud phone instance list, the purchase or subscription is successful.

Follow-Up Operations

After buying a cloud phone, check its status, name, and other information on the Cloud Phone Instances page.

The newly purchased cloud phone is not assigned to any user. Create an organization and add users as required. For details, see Organization and User Management.