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Data Bundles
Now with Data Rollover & Auto-renewal.

Whether you are an occasional, regular or heavy user, MTN has a data plan that suits
your lifestyle. Once you have identified the prepaid bundle plan that best suits you,
simply text the migration code for the plan to 131(see table below) or select your
preferred bundle from the Fastlink user interface and you will be switched
immediately to the bundle plan of your choice and the corresponding activation fee
deducted from your account. You will also receive an sms message on your phone or
laptop confirming successful bundle activation.

Data Rollover: Now you can rollover your unused internet data to the next month
subscription. All you have to do is ensure that you auto-renew your data subscription
before it expires and your unused data is automatically moved to the next month.
Note that data rollover feature is only applicable to monthly plans.

MTN Data Gifting: Data Gifting service allows you to send a data bundle to your
friends and loved ones, by simply paying for the data bundle on behalf of the person.

Data Gifting can also be used to send data to your other smartphones, modems and
iPad.

How to send Data as a Gift Plan:

Option 1 (SMS):

 1. Register for the Data Gifting service by sending keyword REG to 131; you
will receive a unique authentication PIN
 2. Text key word "GIFT [MSISDN][Data Bundle Code][PIN] to 131. E.g Gift
0803xxxxxxxx 106 0000.
Where 106 is the code of 100MB monthly plan and 0000 is your PIN"

Option 2 (USSD):

 Dial *131# and follow the menu

Auto-Renewal:
This allows you to enjoy un-interrupted data access on your phone or tablet. Your
active data bundle will be automatically renewed at the end of the validity period. In
case you exhaust your data bundle before the validity date, you will receive a
notification advising you to activate a new data plan or continue at pay as you go rate
(5k/sec).

For expert technical assistance on MTN Data Plans, visit the nearest MTN Store and
talk to the Tech Squad Personnel.
 Activation Activation
Price Data Total Data Validity
Bundle Plan Code (Text Code
(N) Bonus Allowance Period
to 131) USSD
10MB N100 NA 10MB 24 Hrs 104 *104#
Daily 25MB N150 NA 25MB 24 Hrs 112 *112#
50MB N200 NA 50MB 24 Hrs 113 *113#
Weekly 150MB N500 NA 150MB 7 Days 103 *103#
100MB N1000 160% 260MB 30 Days 106 *106#
250MB N1300 50% 375MB 30 Days 109 *109#
500MB N2000 50% 750MB 30 Days 110 *110#
1GB N3500 50% 1.5GB 30 Days 111 *111#
3GBNight(9PM-
Monthly 6AM) N2500 50% 4.5GB 30 Days 102 *102#
3GBWeekend
(Fri9PM-Mon N3000 50% 4.5GB 30 Days 108 *108#
6AM)
3GB N6500 50% 4.5GB 30 Days 129 *129#
5GB N8,000 50% 7.5GB 30 Days 101 *101#

Data Usage Guide

ACTIVITY USAGE GUIDE

1 hour instant messaging 0.25MB- 1MB
1 hour of web browsing 1.5MB-25MB
Download 100 e-mails 1MB-10MB
1 hour on Facebook 2MB- 80MB
Download 1 photo 0.05MB-2Mb
Download 1 MP3 file 3MB- 8MB
1 software download 70MB-800MB
1 hour of video streaming ( e.g. YouTube) 250Mb-500MB

Data Speed

Signal Peak Speed Average internet browsing speed

GPRS 115 kbps 33 – 35..8kbps
EDGE 384 kbps Not Yet Fully deployed
3G 384 kbps 100 - 240kbps
3.5G (HSDPA) 3.6 Mbps 800kbps

Notes: The table above represents the Peak data rates across the MTN network, and
also shows the average transfer rate of data when accessing popular internet sites
using the MTN Network. It should be noted that the actual speed experienced by the
end user could be different from the table above due to other limitations outside of
MTN's control, such as:

 The resource used (e.g device type) being used to access the mobile data
service.
 The availability of the server being accessed (internet site, mail server, etc.)