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# Registration and setup
Follow the steps to create your **Freemium** account.
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### Choose to register
Open and click on **Register for free.**
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### Enter your account details
1. Please enter a valid **E-mail** you like to create your account on
2. Please enter your **First Name.** No special characters allowed
3. Please enter your **Last Name**. No special characters allowed
4. Please enter your **Company Name**. The company name cannot contain a hyphen character (-) or a question mark (?)
5. Please enter a valid **Phone Number**. Make sure the country code is included. A phone number is not mandatory
6. Please check the box to agree with the general [**Terms and Conditions**](/kpn-things/iot-line-up/terms-and-conditions.md)
7. Please check the box when you would like to stay informed. This is not mandatory
8. Click on **Register** to create your account
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If you intend to upgrade your account later, it is advised to enter the company name correctly and use your business email address. This way you have an account that can be upgraded later with the same data.
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### Create a password
After registration you receive an activation E-mail. This may take some time. Click the **Set your password now** link in the email and create a password.
You will recieve a confirmation that the password change is succesful.
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### Log in to KPN Things
As soon as you created your password you will be forwarded to the KPN Things portal.
When visiting the KPN Things Portal in the future, you can access the portal via [**https://portal.kpnthings.com**](https://portal.kpnthings.com/).
In some cases you land in the KPN Developer Portal or in the MijnKPN Zakelijk portal. In this case you can go to the KPN Things Portal by clicking on the **KPN Things** icon.
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### Ready to start
You are now ready to set up your solution and go to the next step.
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We would like to advice you to start testing using our free **Device Simulator** app. This way you know for sure that you have configured the portal correctly.
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[Device Simulator Web app](/kpn-things/getting-started/quickstart/device-simulator-web-app.md)
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You know how to start and want to use an actual device? Perhaps one of the explanation pages about some of the most used **test devices** will be useful to you.
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[Connect devices](/kpn-things/getting-started/tutorials/connect-devices.md)
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