This article will provide information on the various procedures involve on how to transfer airtime credit on MTN, GLO, Airtel and Etisalat/9mobile and lots more.
As of December 2018, GLO had over 45 million subscribers, making it the second-largest network operator in Nigeria. It introduced lower tariffs and other value-added services. In 2011, GLO became the first telecommunication company to build an $800 million high-capacity fibre-optic cable known as Glo-1, a submarine cable from the United Kingdom to Nigeria. It is the first successful submarine cable from the United Kingdom to Nigeria. MTN built 3,400 kilometres Yello Bahn cable which gives it a wider coverage all over Nigeria. The telco paid $285 million for one of four GSM licenses in Nigeria in January 2001. It has spent more than $1.8 billion in strengthening its mobile telecommunications infrastructure in Nigeria. Since its launch in August 2001, MTN has steadily deployed its services across Nigeria. It now provides services in 223 cities and towns, more than 10,000 villages and communities and a growing number of highways across the country, spanning the 36 states of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Airtel Africa is a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with a presence in 14 countries in Africa, primarily in East Africa and Central and West Africa. It has gone through several rebranding regimes from Econet to Vmobile, Zain, Celtel, then Airtel. As of March 2019, Airtel had over 99 million subscribers in the continent. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Etisalat Nigeria launched in 2008 as one of the first major broadband services in the country. The company is known for its innovative products and services such as the Eco Sim and being the first network to offer special numbers to Nigerians as their mobile numbers via the 0809uchoose campaign. In 2013, Etisalat Nigeria signed a $1.2 billion medium-term facility with 13 Nigerian banks, which it used to refinance an existing $650 million loan and fund modernisation of its network. The banks that were involved in the loan deal include Zenith Bank, GT Bank, First Bank, UBA, Fidelity Bank, Access Bank, Ecobank, FCMB, Stanbic IBTC Bank and Union Bank. However, Etisalat struggled to repay the loan. While the banks pushed forward to acquire Etisalat, the NCC intervened and waded into the troubling water.The intervention by NCC led to Etisalat withdrawal from the market after its debt was not repaid or rescheduled. The local operator then renamed itself 9mobile in July 2017
Before you can transfer airtime, you must change the default PIN which is 0000. This can be achieved by sending an SMS with your default pin (0000), New pin (eg, 1234) confirm New pin to 777 in this manner ‘0000 1234 1234’ to 777. Immediately you change your PIN using any of the options above, you will receive an SMS informing you that your PIN was changed successfully.
- You canTransfer Airtime Credit Using SMS
Send an SMS with Transfer, Recipient’s Number, Amount and PIN to 777. For example, you can send an SMS with ‘Transfer 08031234567 1500 1234’ to 777. Upon sending this message, you will receive an SMS asking you to confirm that you want to make the transfer by sending an SMS with ‘YES’ to 777.
- You can Transfer Airtime Credit By Using USSD Code
Dial *777*Recipient’s Number*Amount*PIN# on your phone and then click on send/press OK. For example, dial*777*08031234567*1500*1234# and then send/OK. When the transfer has been completed, you will receive a message informing you that the transfer was successful.
- Dial *931#
- Reply with number 6 to change your default pin (usually 0000) to any four digit PIN of your choice
- After you have successfully changed your pin, now redial *931# and then select number 3 for Airtime Swap
- input the beneficiary number (which is the number you are sending the Airtime to)
- Select the amount you want to transfer
- enter your PIN (the new pin you replaced from default)
- The Airtime has been successfully transferred
To Transfer Glo Credit, simply dial *131*Phone Number of the recipient*Amount to be transferred*Password#. For example, if your password is 12345 and you want to transfer N75 to a customer with Phone Number 08055570452, then you dial *131*08055570452*75*12345#. You will receive notification via text message once the transfer is completed. Default password is 00000.
To transfer credit on 9mobile/Etisalat simply dial *223*PIN*Amount*Phone Number#. And this must be dialed on the line from which you’re transferring the airtime. For example, you want to send “N500” airtime. to 08091234580 Then dial * 223 * PIN code * 500 * Phone Number # and press “send.” *223*“6333 *500*08091234580#
You can only transfer in Naira amounts and not in kobo, i.e. you can transfer NGN71.00 but not NGN71.99
You can transfer between NGN50.00 and NGN5,000.00 in a single transaction
You can transfer up to NGN100,000.00 from your phone to either a single or multiple MTN accounts every day
There is no limit to the maximum number of transactions per day
If your MTN prepaid account does not have enough airtime to cover the amount you have requested to transfer, the transaction will not be completed and you will receive an error message
If you are a postpaid customer, you will only be able to transfer airtime when your account is in positive. You will not be able to transfer airtime when your account is negative (-). For example, if your account balance is N-300.00. You will not be able to use MTN Share. On the other hand, if your account balance is N1,000.00 you will be able to transfer airtime up to the available N1,000.00 in your account
SIM means subscriber identity module card; a small card used in a mobile phone to store data about the network, telephone number, etc.
It means Mobile Telephone Network (South African cellular service provider)
To create your MTN Share Pin for airtime or data transfer, Simply dial *600*default PIN*unique PIN*Unique PIN#, that is, *600*0000*2345*2345#. The 2345 becomes your MTN Share PIN.
- Dial *111#
- press enter
- Enter recipient's number
- Enter amount
- Press enter
MTN Share (formerly Share ‘N’ Sell) is a service that allows you to transfer airtime(credit) from your MTN account to other MTN customers’ accounts. MTN Share can be used by all new and existing prepaid and postpaid customers on the MTN network. You can now transfer airtime Free of Charge.
Dial *777*Recipient's Number*Amount*PIN# on your phone and then click on send/press OK. For example, dial*777*08031234567*1500*1234# and then send/OK. When the transfer has been completed, you will receive a message informing you that the transfer was successful.
Simply Dial *737*amount# and SEND from your mobile phone (This is accessible using all types pf mobile devices). E.g. *737*1000#. To send airtime recharge to family or friend, simply dial *737*Amount*Friends No#. E.g. *737*1000*08023456789#.
The CEO of MTN is the person of Sifiso Dabengwa, the company founded in 1994, MTN is a South-African company with headquarter in Johannesburg.
The CEO of Airtel is Indian Gopal Vittal, the company founded on July 1995. Though the founder is Sunil Bharti Mittal and hence the name of the company you hear as Bharti Airtel. Remember that the company in the name Airtel has been sold couple of times to different GSM network companies before Bharti Airtel took over-an Indian Company with headquarter in New-Delhi…Airtel former owners are as follows Econet, V-Mobile, Celtel, Zain and now Airtel.
The CEO of Glo as most of you down here already know is in the person Chief Mike Adenuga… Glo is an indigenous Nigerian company founded on 29th of August 2003 with headquarter in Lagos, Nigeria.
The last in our list is Etisalat and the CEO is Ahmed Abulkarim Mohd Julfar, Etisalat was founded in 1976 in the United Arab Emirate and with headquarter in Abu-Dhabi