---
title: Licenses
description: Manage software licenses and digital service entitlements
---

A license is an entitlement to a piece of software or to a digital service. Licenses control
access to an application, to a software feature, and to a digital service that a brand sells
beside its telecom products.

## License entity

A license in the API represents:

- **Software entitlement**: Rights to use specific software applications or digital services
- **Usage control**: License terms, restrictions, and permitted usage parameters
- **Activation management**: License activation, deactivation, and transfer capabilities
- **Compliance tracking**: License usage monitoring and compliance with software terms

## Key capabilities

- **License provisioning** — Provision and activate software licenses for customers and their telecommunications services.
- **Usage monitoring** — Track the usage of a license, and keep to the terms of the software.
- **Entitlement management** — Manage customer entitlements to software features and digital service access.
- **License lifecycle** — Handle license activation, renewal, transfer, and termination workflows.

## Common use cases

- **Bundle activation** — Activate software licenses included with telecommunications service bundles and packages.
- **Feature enablement** — Enable premium features and capabilities through license provisioning and activation.
- **Corporate licensing** — Manage enterprise software licenses for business telecommunications customers.
- **License compliance** — Watch the usage of a license, and keep to the terms of the software vendor.

## Related resources

License entities integrate with other API resources:

- **Subscriptions**: Software licenses associated with active telecommunications subscriptions
- **Customers**: Customer-owned licenses with entitlement and usage tracking
- **Product offerings**: Software licenses included in telecommunications product bundles
- **Orders**: License provisioning following successful order completion and payment
- **Subscribers**: Individual license assignments to specific service users

## Next steps

- [List licenses](/api-reference/licenses.md#tag/licenses/GET/licenses) — Retrieve all licenses you have access to
- [Create license](/api-reference/licenses.md#tag/licenses/POST/licenses) — Provision a new software license
- [Get license](/api-reference/licenses.md#tag/licenses/GET/licenses/{licenseId}) — Retrieve detailed license information
- [Cancel license](/api-reference/licenses.md#tag/licenses/POST/licenses/{licenseId}/cancel) — Terminate an active license