Airtel Reviews Data Tariff, Offers More Value to Nigerians

Lagos, Nigeria; Monday, 16th May, 2016: In demonstration of its commitment to becoming the mobile Internet services provider of first choice for telecoms consumers in Nigeria, leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria has announced a review of its data tariff plans in a strategic move to offer more value to customers.

Under the new data plans, customers can now enjoy up to 30MB with just N100, and 7GB at just N3,500 for a 30 day period. Customers can activate the new tariff plan by dialling *141#

With the review, telecoms consumers will be further empowered to connect to their dreams as well as fulfil their professional and personal endeavours at an amazingly discounted rate.

Speaking on the revised data plans, Chief Commercial Officer, Airtel Nigeria, Ahmed Mokhles, said the data offering is designed specifically to cater to the needs as well as empower the different segments of mobile Internet consumers.

According to him, Airtel Nigeria has a key objective of delivering innovative, bespoke and quality data offerings to telecoms consumers in line with its commitment to empowering more Nigerians to succeed professionally and personally.

The new data plans come in six variants. Customers who subscribe to the N100 Daily Plan will now get 30MB instantly, unlike the previous plan, which offers of 20MB, while those on the Easy Plan of N500 will now enjoy 750MB valid for 14 days rather than the previous data value of 250MB.

According to the telco, the megabyte offer on other bundle plans such as the Android bundle plans have also been increased accordingly as customers will now get 7GB of Data Bundle for N3,500; 1.5GB for N1,000; 3GB for N2,000 and N2,500 for 5GB, respectively.

For further information, please find below for a table:

PLAN NAME
PRICE (N)
OLD DATA ALLOWANCE (MB)
NEW DATA ALLOWANCE (MB)
VALIDITY DAYS
USSD ACTIVATION CODE
Daily Plan
100
20MB
30MB
1
*410#
Easy Plan
500
250MB
750MB
14
*418#
Android 1.0
1,000
1GB
1.5GB
30
*496#
Android 2.0
2,000
2GB
3GB
30
*437#
Android 2.5
2,500
5GB
30
*437*1#
Android 3.5
3,500
4GB
7GB
30
*438#