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This page contains instructions on how to add a new charging plan to the system.

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You can only add charging plans if charging is enabled on the VoipNow system. Both prepaid and postpaid charging plans can be added to the system. With each plan, options change.

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  1. Fill in the Charging Plan description.
    • Name: Give it a name to identify it more easily among other plans available in the system. Select the Set as default charging plan checkbox to make it default for all the new accounts that are added to the system.
    • Outgoing routing rules group: Such rule groups determine the way outgoing calls are routed. You can find more details in this section. This option is not displayed if no outgoing routing rule group has already been defined in the system. If available, VoipNow automatically selects the default group. If you choose to Allow calls to public network, use the drop-down list to select one of the groups available.
    • Allow incoming calls from any network: Allows accounts to receive calls from extensions registered in the system or outside the system, regardless of their network.
    • Allow calls to public network: Allows accounts to place outgoing calls to numbers outside the system, i.e. in the public network.
    • Allow local calls to extensions: If enabled, account extensions are allowed to call only other extensions that belong to the same organization account.
    • Allow extended local calls to extensions: If enabled, account extensions are allowed to call all the other extensions in the system, regardless of the organization they belong to.
  2. Set the Charging Policy.
    • Prepaid Charging Policy: Allows you to set charging credits. You can adjust it by adding extra credit to your account.
    • PostPaid Charging PolictyPolicy: Allows you to pay a monthly fee which includes a predefined number of minutes. What exceeds that limit is charged based on the fees customized in the Charging Fees section below. You can also extend the existing charging limits.
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Choosing a prepaid makes it necessary to set up the initial credit as explained in the Charging Fees section below.


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If you decide to go for a postpaid charging policy, you have to fill in some information as explained below.

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Limit calls to public network to amount <value> <currency>

Assigns a money limit for the total costs of the calls placed to phone numbers outside the system.
When the limit is reached, the extensions of the account can no longer make calls to external destinations.
The amount set here applies to a full month and resets on the first day of the following month.
If you do not want to limit the account, select the Unlimited check box checkbox.
This option is available only if the Allow calls to public network option is enabled!

Limit calls from public network to amount <value> <currency>

Assigns a money limit for the total costs of the calls received from phone numbers outside the system.
When the limit is reached, the extensions of the account can no longer receive calls from external numbers.
The amount set here applies to a full month and resets on the first day of the following month.
If you do not want to limit the account, select the Unlimited check box checkbox.
This option is available only if the Allow incoming calls from any network option is enabled!

Limit calls to public network to minutes <m> in time interval <T>

Limits the number of minutes that can be used in a certain time interval for public outgoing calls.
To select the time interval, use the drop-down list.
To make these minutes available at any moment and without any time constraint, you can select the Anytime option even if no time intervals have been defined.
Use the +/- buttons to remove/add available minutes for different time intervals. If no time intervals have been defined in the system, these buttons are not displayed.
You can add as many outgoing minutes blocks as the number of the available time intervals (e.g. If there are three time intervals, then three blocks may be added, one for each time interval).
The amount set here applies to a full month and resets on the first day of the following month.
Available only if the Allow calls to public network option is enabled!



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Click the icon to view the available sound files or manually fill in the file location. A popup window listing all the sounds matching the name specified in the text box will be displayed. You can read more about the Sound Manager in the Appendix.

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Assign charging plan to account

Edit charging plan

Remove charging plan


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