Data & Airtime usage - How is it calculated & which reports are available?

Under the Usage tab you will find the following reporting options:

Usage Dashboard


The Usage Dashboard gives you a high-level month-by-month overview of estimated data and airtime use across your base, or filtered by Rule or Network.

You can also view overall Data Usage, Airtime Usage, and Average Usage per SIM. 

The SIMs with zero data usage option shows the number of SIMs with no usage during the month selected. It can be expanded by clicking on the arrow, which takes you to a detailed list if SIMs where usage = zero.

* Keep in mind that usage data on prepaid & hybrid SIMs includes expired data or airtime. How do we calculate usage? More here.
* Negative Usage: Should a SIM be recharged through a channel outside of SIMcontrol (i.e. directly by the network or through another recharge channel), this will reflect as negative usage.

SIM Usage Overview 

Pick the desired Date Range that you require, and filter by specific Rule, Network or Data/Airtime Usage Range.

Data can also be exported in .csv or .xls formats.

Prepaid, hybrid & global roaming SIMs: 

The SIM Usage Report gives you the estimated daily usage on your SIMs across a custom date range for airtime and data. 

SIMcontrol estimates data or airtime usage by comparing the SIM balances between balance checks on a day-by-day basis. This gives you a fairly good view on what a SIM is using on a daily basis. 

* Keep in mind that usage data on prepaid & hybrid SIMs includes expired data or airtime. How do we calculate usage? More here.

* Negative Usage: Should a SIM be recharged through a channel outside of SIMcontrol (i.e. directly by the network or through another recharge channel), this will reflect as negative usage.

Managed APN SIMs:

This report gives you the actual daily data usage on your SIMs (quota usage) across a custom date range. 

Detailed SIM Usage Report

This is a detailed usage report that you can download either via XLS or CSV format, giving you usage per SIM per day across a custom date range. This report includes data, airtime and SMS balance usage (SIM type and network dependent).  

Download this report by clicking on the "Detailed Usage" button on the Usage page. 

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Note: Usage reports do not show recharges & spend. For details on data or airtime spend per SIM, go to the Recharges Tab.

Tags: Data Use, Airtime use, Consumption, Data spend, Data report, Reporting