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title: "Wireless Usage Summary"
slug: "wireless-usage-summary"
updated: 2026-07-22T12:41:52Z
published: 2026-08-10T20:23:40Z
canonical: "help.idibilling.com/wireless-usage-summary"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.idibilling.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Wireless Usage Summary

The Usage Summary displays free units as well as usage charges by service number. The Charge section summarizes usage by service number. The Available Units section displays a summary of used and unused units by discount. The Usage Type Summary tab summarizes usage by service number and then by usage type.

![UsageSummaryUnBilledDefault](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3f7f8ade-bcb1-4ec8-af25-0c0ad8601afb/Images/Documentation/49056(1).png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-14T10%3A47%3A34Z&se=2026-11-14T11%3A47%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=efVyWnxXioowqNKJ5u2sqIZ0BLvhrYmUPLpMogOCieo%3D)

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> Selecting a billed bill period and clicking **View** removes the Disclaimer.

The upper pane of the Usage Summary window is the **Charges** section and contains the following information.

| Service Number | Wireless service number of the subscriber. |
| --- | --- |
| Airtime Minutes | The number of home minutes used by the service number in the bill period. |
| Roaming Minutes | The number of roaming minutes used by the service number in the bill period. |
| Units | Total usage that is occurrence-based (not minutes), for example usage for downloading data. |
| Airtime Charge | Total amount charged for airtime for the service number in the bill period. |
| Roaming Charge | Total amount charged for roaming for the service number in the bill period. |
| Toll Charge | Total amount charged for all long distance (toll) usage for the service number in the bill period. |
| Other Charge | Total amount charged for all usage other than airtime, roaming or toll (calls to Operator or Directory Assistance for example). |
| Total Charge | Total amount of all charges for the service number in the bill period |

The lower pane of the Usage Summary window is the **Available Units** section and contains the following information.

| Service Number | The service number associated with the Discount Category. |
| --- | --- |
| Discount Category | The name of the group of discounts associated with the available units. |
| Remaining | The number of unused units. |
| Expiration Date | The date the units are no longer available. |

Your company may have selected to display the Available Units with additional information.

![UsgSummUnbilled](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3f7f8ade-bcb1-4ec8-af25-0c0ad8601afb/Images/Documentation/48834(1).gif?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-14T10%3A47%3A34Z&se=2026-11-14T11%3A47%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=efVyWnxXioowqNKJ5u2sqIZ0BLvhrYmUPLpMogOCieo%3D)

| Service Number | The service number associated with the discount. |
| --- | --- |
| Discount | The name of the discount the units belong to. > [!NOTE] > Note > > For discounts descriptions prefaced with "Acct" in the grid, these represent Corporate Grants. Both the account and service number are displayed for the service utilizing the discount. |
| Unit Type | The kind of units counted for the discount. |
| Carried In | Lists the number of units brought over from the previous bill period. |
| Expired | The number of units not used during the bill period, but cannot be carried over to the next bill period. This column is displayed only for billed bill periods. |
| New | The number of additional units added at the beginning of the bill period, such as the monthly allotment of free minutes. |
| Used | The current number of units used. |
| Balance | The number of unused units left for the bill period. This column is displayed only for current (open) bill periods. |
| Overage | The number of units used that were not included in the discount. (the number of units "over" the number allowed in the discount) |

If you have **discounts that are shared between services**, the Available Units are displayed with a breakout of used discount minutes by service number.

![UG template for Help](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3f7f8ade-bcb1-4ec8-af25-0c0ad8601afb/Images/Documentation/60280(1).gif?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-14T10%3A47%3A34Z&se=2026-11-14T11%3A47%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=efVyWnxXioowqNKJ5u2sqIZ0BLvhrYmUPLpMogOCieo%3D)

Note that numbers 6781 and 8567 share the discount, "Simply Share 29 Minutes." They have each used 6 minutes, for a total of 12 minutes used for this bill period.

The Wireless Usage tab, Available Units pane, includes the following information.

| Service Number | The service number associated with the discount. |
| --- | --- |
| Plan Name | The plan name associated with the service number in the first column |
| Discount | The name of the discount the units belong to. |
| Unit Type | The kind of units counted for the discount. |
| Carried In | Lists the number of units brought over from the previous bill period. |
| New | The number of additional units added at the beginning of the bill period, such as the monthly allotment of free minutes. |
| Used | The current number of units used. For a shared discount you'll see a distinct row for each number that shares the discount and the amount used. The total amount used for all sharing numbers is displayed on the row with the discount name. |
| Expired | The number of units not used during the bill period, but cannot be carried over to the next bill period. This column is displayed only for billed bill periods. |
| Balance | The number of unused units left for the bill period. This column is displayed only for current (open) bill periods. |
| Overage | The number of units used that were not included in the discount (the number of units "over" the number allowed in the discount). |

The [Usage Type Summary Tab](/v1/docs/usage-type-summary-tab) displays an overview of units and charges for a service number by service type and usage type.

- To view details of each call for a specific service number, right-click the service number in the Charges section and select **View Detail**. This displays the [Wireless Usage Details](/v1/docs/wireless-usage-details).
- To view details of each type of service that uses the usage type, such as long distance or local call for a specific service number and discount category, right-click the service number and select **View Unit Balance Ledger**. This displays the Unit Balance Ledger filtered by the service number and selected category. See [Unit Balance Ledger](/v1/docs/unit-balance-ledger).