If Microsoft provides the PSTN access and numbers, each Teams Phone user also needs a Microsoft Calling Plan licence; if a non-Microsoft PSTN operator is used, Microsoft requires no further licensing because PSTN costs come from that operator.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Teams Phone
Subsystem
pstn-licensing
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-25
Checked
2026-09-25

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). UC licensing models compared: source note uc-licensing-models-teams-calling-plan-for-ms-pstn. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/uc-licensing-models-teams-calling-plan-for-ms-pstn

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-uc-licensing-models-teams-calling-plan-for-ms-pstn,
  title  = {UC licensing models compared: source note uc-licensing-models-teams-calling-plan-for-ms-pstn},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/uc-licensing-models-teams-calling-plan-for-ms-pstn},
  note   = {Source note uc-licensing-models-teams-calling-plan-for-ms-pstn, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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