Top GSM deals to pay less for mobile calls in Nigeria

[caption id="attachment_22848" align="alignnone" width="1089"] Mobile tariffs in Nigeria Graphics: NCC[/caption] At the first quarter of 2014, there were 127,097,196 active phone lines in Nigeria, in what represents a huge mobile telephony family and customer base across the country’s landscape. These mobile phone-totting customer base pays some good premium for the mobility, that extra that comes with being able to take along with them those nice piece of devices that enable them to be reached on the go, do their business on the move and oftentimes turn them into their playgrounds with other connected users wherever they may be located. But when it comes to paying for those mobile services raging from the basic voice calls, SMS and other data applications, users have to sort through a maze of offers and deals from their mobile phone companies. The duo of Kolade Akinola and Kayode Oladeinde , Technology Journalists at Technology Times , have made the task simpler by bringing together cools GSM deals from the quartet of Nigeria’s biggest mobile phone companies, MTN Nigeria , Glo Mobile , Airtel Nigeria and Etisalat Nigeria , that make callers pay less for more calls. Please visit the next page to discover the truth behind MTN True Talk → MTN True Talk MTN True Talk is a prepaid tariff plan by MTN Nigeria that lets you speak from your heart to family & friends because of its low charges. Users on this plans are charged 20k/sec across all networks starting from the first second as well as some other add-ons including 10MB weekly data on N100 recharge. Also on this plan is MTN Me and You that allows MTN True Talk customers enjoy N300 free airtime every week to call two special MTN numbers anytime. All you need to do is to register the two numbers of the ones you love. The MTN True Talk code for this is to simply dial *380*1# to add a line while you *380*2# to delete . This offer is eligible to True Talk subscriber that recharge with a minimum of N200 weekly. The MTN True Talk migration code is used to change from any MTN prepaid plan or value added services to MTN True Talk. The migration code is to simply dial *400# after which you will get a welcome message that you have successfully migrated to MTN True Talk. If that has any rough edge for you, flip to the next page for MTN Smooth Talk → MTN Smooth Talk On this tariff plan, you will be able to make calls at 20k per second to any network in Nigeria but you pay a daily access fee of N5. If you do not pay the N5 for the daily access fee, your calls to other networks will be 30k per second. To migrate, text 401 to 131 or dial *401#. To cancel a utomatic renewal text “Off” to 131. To renew subscription, text “ON” to 131 or dial *401*1#. Also subscribers on this plan are eligible for free Happy Hour calls (Night calls) to MTN numbers from 12.30am to 04:30 every day (including weekends) as long as you have minimum balance of N100 in your account at 12:30 a.m. If this does not save you a lot of money, flip to the next page for MTN Super Saver → MTN Super Saver MTN Super Saver is one of the mobile network's tariff plans that subscribers are charged 58 kobo per second for the first minute call for the day. Then from the second minute, for MTN to MTN calls, you will be charged 10 kobo per seconds and 30kobo per seconds if you call other networks. MTN Super Saver plan also includes free H appy Hour calls from 12:30am to 4:30am everyday. You can simply text 408 to 131 or dial *408# to migrate to this plan. If this is not enough, you can feel the MTN Pulse → MTN Pulse MTN Pulse comes with new exciting call rates and free Internet access with options to register friends on the same plan (MTN Pulse) and call them for as low as 8.34kobo per second after a charge of 58kobo per second for the first minute in the day and free 10 MB of data every week for a recharge of N100. With MTN Pulse you also enjoy a discounted rate of N3 per SMS to connect and chat with other MTN Pulse customers and loads of freebies, promotions and discounted offers every week on MTN Y'ello Friday. To migrate to this plan all you need do is to text 406 to 131 or dial *406#. Let's try a few other exciting offers from Glo Mobile starting with the Glo Infinito → Glo Infinito Glo Infinito is a unique and simple prepaid tariff plan with no hidden charges, no rental payments and no conditions. Users can call at a flat rate of 20 Kobo per second to any network in Nigeria from the first to the last second of their calls. Users also have the opportunity to register 10 Glo numbers as family and friends and make call at the rate of 10 Kobo per second. You can dial *101*1*Mobile No# to register family and friends. You can make free calls from midnight to 5am To migrate for free to Glo Infinito dial *100*9*2#. If that gets better, let us hop to the next one, Glo Bounce → Glo Bounce With Glo Bounce you can call for as low as 12 Kobo per second flat rate to all networks and as low as 9 Kobo per second to your friends who switch to or are on the Glo Bounce Plan after first minute of the day at 40 kobo per second. Users under the sites classified as Campus Zone enjoy 9 kobo per second on calls to all Glo customers and 12 kobo per second to other networks in Nigeria. Customers must opt for this service and it is exclusive to Glo Bounce. Use ₦30 between 00:01 am and 11:59pm and enjoy free on-net calls from 00:00 to 04:59am every day. You can get 30MB free data on recharge of N200 and above which is valid for two days. To start on Glo Bounce, dial * 170*4#. Dial *170*9# to opt in for the Campus Zone site. Let's explore other sites like G-BAM Hi 5ive on the Glo network → G-BAM HI 5ive The G-Bam Hi 5ive package enables you to call five special numbers at only 9 kobo per second and enjoy 5MB free browsing every day for a daily rental fee of N5. Make calls to other Glo numbers and other networks in Nigeria at 18 Kobo per second. You can also enjoy 35 hours weekly free night calls. To migrate to G-Bam, Dial *100*5*1#. Discover what Glo Ringa tolls on the next page → Glo Ringa Glo Ringa is the latest tariff plan on the Glo network that allows a subscriber on the Globacom network to call other Globacom subscribers at 11kobo per second. For a fee of N250 weekly, subscribers get to pay a low call rate of 11kobo per second on all Glo to Glo calls from the very first second without any limit on how many calls they can make. Subscribers can dial *170*40# to sign up for Glo Ringa. What does Etisalat Nigeria offer? Discover on the next page → Easy Starter Easy starter is a flexible package from Etisalat Nigeria that comes with five in-one plan that offers customers freedom to browse, text and make calls to any network whichever way they want, without any restrictions. Reciever Pays, low call rates, You and Me, free weekly browsing and discounted homezone are the 5 bundle package that comes on the Easy Starter plan. Reciever pays gives you the opportunity to have friends and family members pay for the calls you make to them. Receiver pays allows you make calls to anyone even without airtime by including 268 before the number being called. Call cost is 40kobo per second. Low call rates means subscribers can call as low as 10kobo per second. Easy Starter default tariff drops from 40k/s to 20k/s for on-net and off-net calls from 4.31am -10.29 pm. From 10.30 pm -4.30am the tariff further drops to 10kobo/sec for calls to all networks once a customer uses up to N25 daily. You and me allow easy Starter customers enjoy N300 free airtime every week to call 2 special Etisalat numbers anytime. All the customer has to do to enjoy this offer is to register the Etisalat numbers of their loved ones by dialing *233*1*etisalat number#, then recharge with a minimum of N200 in a week. The credit can only be used to call the registered You & Me numbers. Validity period for the N300 credit is 7days Free Browsing Weekly is another benefit from the smallest recharge N100. Customers get free 5mb weekly to browse any site in addition to the free N100 credit for their You & Me when they recharge N100. Discounted homezone allows you make calls for as low as N12/minute to all networks in the place you make most of your calls. Enjoy this benefit simply by dialing *201*1 # at your preferred place. Change your homezone site by dialing *242# or calling 242 in the new preferred place. To enter the Easy Cliq , check the next page → Easy Cliq Easy Cliq is a special prepaid package from Etisalat dedicated to Nigerian youth because everyone on the plan is part of the exciting, young and exclusive 0809ja community where you can enjoy this services with every other person that loves to express themselves, stay connected and keep talking! With your lifestyle, love for technology and spending patterns carefully considered, easy cliq brings you many free services, added benefits and cheaper tariffs at just 10 kobo per second. In addition to all these, every member of the easy cliq community stands the opportunity to enjoy many more services and benefits including: 10 FREE MMS monthly,1 MB worth of free browsing daily, bonus on incoming calls, unlimited SMS, and more. Want to try Easy Flex, flip to next page → Easyflex The Easyflex plan comes with four variants: Flex N1000, Flex N700, Flex N500 and Flex N300. Flex N1,000 offers customers up to 100 minutes talk time to call any network or 100 megabyte data or 400 SMS to any network. Flex N700 bundle offers customers 70 minutes talk time to call any network or 70 megabyte data or 280 SMS to any network. Flex N500 offers customers 50 minutes talk time to any network or 50 megabyte data or 200 SMS to any network. Flex N300 offers customers 25 minutes talk time to any network or 25 megabyte data or 100 SMS to any network. Customers can however mix and match as they browse, call and send SMS to all networks as they wish on all four variants of Easy Flex. Etisalat customers on any of the prepaid packages who wish to sign up for Easyflex will have to migrate by dialing *344*bundle of their choice#. For instance, to buy Flex N1,000, customers should simply dial *344*1000#, *344*700# for Flex N700, *344*500# for Flex N500 and *344*300# for Flex N300. What does Airtel Nigeria have to offer? Discover on the next pages → Airtel 2Good Classic plan Airtel 2Good Classic plan is a prepaid plan that enables subscribers to make calls to all networks at 18kobo per second from the very first minute after ₦5 daily access charge. Airtel 2Good Classic plan customers get 20kobo per second rate to the USA , UK (landlines), China, Canada and India from the very first minute and free access to Facebook. First migration in a month is free. Subsequent migration within the same month is charged at ₦100. Dial *422# to migrate. Want the Airtel Big Family Plus? Find out on the next page → Airtel Big Family Plus Airtel Big Family Plus is a prepaid plan with no first minute charge and discounted call rate of 18kobo per second from Airtel to Airtel and 30kobo per second from Airtel to other local networks. A subscriber’s first opt-in of the month is free but next opt-in is charged at N100. You can opt-in by dialling *433#. What's in Airtel Club 10 Padis? Find out on next page → Airtel Club10 Padis Airtel Club10 Padis is a product for the youth. It enables a customer who opts for this service to form a group of 10 people (Airtel Nigeria numbers) to which they can enjoy discounted rate calls at 12kobo per second and make discounted calls at 3kobo per second from 11pm-4:30am every day. First minute of the day is charged at 40kobo per second. Airtel to Airtel calls are charged at 20kobo per second. Airtel to other local networks calls are charged at 30kobo per second. Other benefits include 20kobo per second to international destinations (UK landline, USA, China, India and Canada), free 1MB data daily after one minute call of the day (valid for 1 day), free 15MB data weekly upon recharge of N200 and above within a week and free Facebook access. You can opt-in by dialling *166#. First opt-in of the month is free but next opt-in is charged at N100. You can add a number to your club by dialling *166*2* phone number#. Editor's Note: We hope you have found this information useful in saving you money on your mobile calls. If you have any ideas to share with us, please use the contact form below to reach us directly. Thank you. [contact-form to='shina.badaru@technologytimes.ng' subject='Re: Mobile tariffs in Nigeria '][contact-field label='Name' type='name' required='1'/][contact-field label='Email' type='email' required='1'/][contact-field label='Phone' type='text' required='1'/][contact-field label='Comment' type='textarea' required='1'/][/contact-form]

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