Welcome to a new year. You may be looking forward to lots of hopes and dreams. Well we hope it comes true. Anyway, we will begin the year with a review of the internet data plans of the major mobile telecom networks. Some of them have already introduced new plans or updated their current plans to attract new customers and to keep the old ones from leaving.
So starting today we will be considering this month's data plans of each of the four major telecom networks. So let's begin with Nigeria biggest network provider MTN.
MTN is Nigeria's biggest telecom network and the one with the most widest coverage in the country (Everywhere You Go) .
In this post, you learn all of MTN data plans for January 2020 that works for all Android devices. The plans can also work on other devices, such as laptops, modems, Apple iOS devices (iPhone and ipads) and even PSP consoles.
Daily Plans
These are plans are for those who just want to get things done immediately and move on. It last just 24 hours so it isn’t meant for heavy internet users.
• N50 for 25MB – Valid for 24 Hrs – Dial *131*114# or Text "114" to 131 to subscribe
• N100 for 75MB – Valid for 24 Hrs – Dial,*131*104# or Text "104" to 131 to subscribe
• N350 for 1GB – Valid for 24 Hrs – Dial *131*155# or Text "155" to 131 to subscribe
2-Day Plans
This is a newly created plan that is meant to be used for 2 days or 48 hours.
• 200MB for N200 – Valid for 48 Hrs – Dial *131*113# or Text "113" to 131 to subscribe
• 2GB for N500 – Valid for 48 Hrs – Dial *131*154# or Text "154" to 131 to subscribe
3-Days Plan
Another new plan but for only MTN Pulse subscribers that can be enjoyed in just 3 days.
• N300 for 750MB - Valid for 3 Days - Dial P300 or Text *406*7# to subscribe (for Pulse members only)
Weekly Plans
The weekly plan last for 7 days and it’s meant for those who may not be able to afford to pay for a month or who just need to do something online within the week.
• N300 for 350MB - Valid for 7 Days - Dial *131*102# or Text "102" to 131 to subscribe
• N500 for 1GB - Valid for 7 Days - Dial P500 or Text *406*2# to subscribe (for Pulse members only)
• N500 for 1.5GB - Valid for 7 Days - Dial *131*142# to subscribe
• N1,500 for 6GB - Valid for 7 Days - Dial *131*143# to subscribe
2-Week Plan
This plan can be used for only 2 weeks from day of subscription.
• N500 for 750MB - Valid for 14 Days - Dial *131*103# or Text "103" to 131 to subscribe
Monthly Plans
These are the definitely the most important plans around and probably the first plan many medium and heavy users will be checking out. They last for 30 days.
• N1,000 for 1.5GB – Valid for 30 Days – Dial *131*106# or Text "R106" to 131 to subscribe
• N1,200 for 2GB – Valid for 30 Days – Dial *131*130# or Text "R130" to 131 to subscribe
• N1,500 for 3GB - Valid for 30 Days to subscribe - Dial *131*131# to subscribe
• N2,000 for 3.5GB – Valid for 30 Days – Dial *131*110# or Text "R110" to 131 to subscribe
• N2,500 for 6GB - Valid for 30 Days - Dial *131*147# to subscribe
• N3,500 for 10GB - Valid for 30 Days - Dial *131*107# or Text "R107" to 131 to subscribe
• N5,000 for 15GB – Valid for 30 Days – Dial *131*116# or Text "R116" to 131 to subscribe
• N10,000 for 40GB – Valid 30 Days – Dial *131*117# or Text "R117" to 131 to subscribe
• N15,000 for 75GB – Valid for 30 Days – Dial *131*150# or text "R150" to 131 to subscribe
• N20,000 for 110GB - Valid for 30 Days - Dial *131*149# to subscribe
2-Month (60 Days) Plan
If you don't like to be prompted to renew your plan when your 30 day usage expires, then this is the plan you need to go for, provided you should be ready to shell out N20,000 to N30,000. The plan lasts 60 days.
• N20,000 for 75GB – Valid for 60 Days – Dial *131*118# or Text "R118" to 131 to subscribe
• N30,000 for 100GB – Valid for 60 days – Dial *131*138# or Text R138 to 131 to subscribe
3-Month (Quarterly) Plan
This is a very huge plan. With N70,000, you can get a staggering 250GB worth of data for 3 months, uninterrupted.
• N50,000 for 150GB – Valid for 90 Days - Dial *131*133# or Text “133” to 131
• N70,000 for 250GB – Valid for 90 days – Dial *131*134# or Text *134 to 131
Night Plan
If you are a nightcrawler then this plan is definitely for you. Apart from being the cheapest plan, you can buy more than one plan on the same night. And it's valid from 12am - 5am. But you have to be on MTN Pulse to enjoy the plan.
• 250MB for N25 – Valid for One Night (12.00am – 5.00am) – Dial *406*4# and follow the prompt or Text “NT1” to 131 (only for MTN Pulse users)
• 500MB for N50 – Valid for One Night (12.00am – 5.00am) – Dial *406*4# and follow the prompt or Text “NT2” to 131 (only for MTN Pulse users)
Goodybag Social
This plan only works for social media apps such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram etc. With this plan, can tweet, share, like or send to your friends and family. They are grouped under daily, weekly and monthly plans.
Daily for N25
This social daily bundle lasts for 24 hours with a 20MB data allowance.
• Facebook Daily - Text FBD to 131
• Twitter Daily - Text TWTD to 131
• Eskimi Daily - Text ESKD to 131
• 2go Daily - Text 2GOD to 131
• Nimbuzz Daily - Text NIMD to 131
• WeChat Daily - Text WCD TO 131
• WhatsApp daily Bundle. (1day) - Text WAD TO 131
Weekly for N50
This social weekly bundle lasts for 7 days with a 50MB data allowance.
• Facebook Weekly - Text FBW to 131
• Twitter Weekly - Text TWTW to 131
• Eskimi Weekly - Text ESKW to 131
• 2go Weekly - Text 2GOW to 131
• Nimbuzz Weekly - Text NIMW to 131
• WeChat Weekly - Text WCW TO 131
• WhatsApp weekly Bundle. (7days) - Text WAW TO 131
Monthly for N150
This monthly social bundle lasts for 30 days with a 160MB data allowance.
• Facebook Monthly - Text FBM to 131
• Twitter Monthly - Text TWTM to 131
• Eskimi Monthly - Text ESKM to 131
• 2go Monthly - Text 2GOM to 131
• Nimbuzz Monthly - Text NIMM to 131
• WeChat Monthly - Text WCM TO 131
• WhatsApp monthly Bundle. (30days) - Text WAM TO 131
All Social Plans
This plan is designed for only users of WhatsApp, Facebook, 2Go, WeChat and Eskimi.
• Daily - 100MB for N50 - Valid for 24 Hours
• Weekly - 200MB for N100 - Valid for 7 Days
• Monthly - 500MB for N250 - Valid for 30 Days
YouTube Video Packs
This is a time-based package, meaning that you get to use it based on how much time you use when you choose one of the 2 available plans to subscribe to.
• 1 hour streaming for N150 - Valid for 24hrs - Text VP1 to 131 to subscribe
• 3 hours streaming for N400 - Valid for 3hrs - Text VP3 to 131 to subscribe.
• YouTube Night Pack streaming - 500MB for N50 - Valid for 5hrs (12am-5am) - Text VP5 to 131 to subscribe.
• Weekly streaming - 4.2GB for N200 - Valid for 7 Days (11pm-6am)
YouTube Plus
This plan allows you to enjoy 1GB of video streaming with a bonus 500MB to access other websites.
• N500 for 1GB video streaming and 500MB web browsing - Valid for 2 Weeks - Text YPD to 131 or Dial *131*3000# to subscribe
Special InstaBinge Plans (Pulse Only)
With this plan, you can enjoy sharing videos and photos with your friends and family using Instagram for 24 hours. But only for Pulse members.
• InstaBinge Lite - 250MB for N100 - Valid for 1 day - Text INSTD to 131 or Dial *406# and follow the prompt.
• InstaBinge Heavy - 1GB for N200 - Valid for 1 day - Text FALZ to 131 or Dial *406# and follow the prompt.
YouTube and Instagram
You can enjoy video streaming or download from this plan for 24 hours.
• Daily - 300MB for N100 - Valid for 24 Hours
WhatsApp and Facebook (BetaTalk)
This plan is for only BetaTalk users.
• Daily - 100MB for N25 - Valid for 24 hours
• Weekly - 200MB for N50 - Valid for 7 days
• Monthly - 500MB for N100 - Valid for 30 days
StarTimes Video Pack
This plan is time-based like YouTube packs, and it is designed mainly for those with StarTimes app to watch TV channels on their devices.
• 60 mins streaming - 750MB for N150 - Valid for 24 hrs - Text S1 to 131 to activate
• 3 hours streaming - 2.25GB for N400 - Valid for 24 hrs - Text S11 to 131 to activate
How to check your balance
To check your data balance for any of the plans, simply text STATUS to 131 or Dial *131*4#
For Pulse Nightlife balance, dial *559*96#
For InstaBinge balance, dial *559*39#
APN settings configuration
It is important that your mobile device have an APN settings configured correctly otherwise it won't be able to access the web. So go to your phone settings and manually configure it by using one or two the settings below based on the type of device you have.
Web settings for smartphones (Android/iOS)
• Account Name: MTN WEB
• Port: (Blank)
• Username: (Blank)
• Password: (Blank)
• APN: web.gprs.mtnnigeria.net
WAP settings for WAP/feature phones
• Account Name: MTN WAP
• Port: 9201
• Username: web
• Password: web
• APN: web.gprs.mtnnigeria.net
Well, that’s all we have on MTN Data Plan for January 2020. On our next article, we will consider January data plans for Airtel network. So keep a date.
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