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Airtel Activation Plans For Internet Usage
How To Subscribe to Airtel Nigeria’s Internet Browsing Plans Using Subscription Codes
Airtel Nigeria has internet data plans for both Mobile Handheld/Smartphones/iPad customers and Data Card Customers. Both plans are freely interchangeable that is they can be used the other way round on either devices.
To subscribe to a particular plan, simply browse through the plans listed below, select the one that fits your budget, load the correct amount of credit to your phone or data card and then dial the corresponding USSD Activation Code for your plan.
Airtel Mobile Internet (AMI) Service
Airtel Mobile Internet (AMI) Service
Get the edge!
Airtel Mobile Internet gives you fast and easy access to the internet through your mobile phone, laptop or desktop computer. You can access the web and your corporate network, send emails and download files with your handsets, PDA, laptops or desktop computers. Your office can be anywhere you want it to be!
AMI offers the most flexible and cost effective service plan in Nigeria, with a wide range of bundle service plans to suit our customers internet needs.
AMI Service Overview
These are three levels of service offerings from AMI:
1. High Speed Internet Connectivity using 3G Data Cards.
2. Moderate Speed Internet Connectivity using GPRS/EDGE Data Cards.
3. Internet connectivity on Handheld Devices such as Data-Enabled Mobile Phones and Smart-phones.
AMI Features and Benefits:
- Flexible bundled service plans to accommodate all categories of customers.
- High speed Internet connectivity
- An extremely Cost-effective bundled service plan
- Variety of connectivity devices to suit your needs.
- Simple and Easy-to-use Internet services for Smart phones, Laptops and Desktops in offices or homes.
- Nationwide coverage: Access to the Airtel data network, with seamless handover between GPRS/EDGE and 3G zones.
Transform the way you do BUSINESS and have FUN
Stay in control. Airtel brings you Airtel Mobile Internet (AMI) high speed internet – one of the fastest fully mobile wireless data solutions available. This service gives you the freedom to increase productivity and stay connected to your data and business applications making the most of your time – inside and outside the office.
The service is tailored to suit everyone and offers great value to all categories of users.
Easy to set up and maintain, AMI requires no changes to your company’s current systems. Now, you can browse the internet or access your email wirelessly. It also empowers you and transforms the way you do business and relax.
AMI also offers you the opportunity to connect to Airtel Mobile Portal to download great ring tones, Play Games and enjoy a new world of opportunity. Work and relax wherever you are!
How to connect your phone to Airtel Mobile Internet
1. Call Customer Care on 113
2. Send an SMS with the word “internet<space> phonebrand<space> model' to 232 e.g "internet sonyericsson P910i" to receive your settings. For more details, click here.
3. Accept, install or save the settings that will be sent to your phone by SMS. If asked for a Pin, please use '0' or '0000'
4. To browse the internet, go to the internet / Web icon on your phone.
5. To push settings to your phone directly, click on the link below.
(DMC Link as indicated)
How to connect your computer to Airtel Mobile Internet
You can connect your computer to the Airtel Mobile Internet service using a GPRS enabled phone over a Bluetooth or USB cable connection. You may also use a Data card or USB GPRS data modem which is sold at every Airtel shop across the country.
Category | Service Plan | Data Allowance | Price (N) | USSD String | Description |
Pay As You Use (PAYU) | PAYU | N/A | 0.15 | N/A | N/A |
Daily | Airtel Day | 50MB | 500 | *141*712*3# | Daily Plan for Data Card Users |
Monthly | Airtel Lite | 100MB | 1,000 | *141*712*4# | Monthly Plan for Smartphone Users |
Airtel Plus | 1GB | 5,000 | *141*712*1# | Monthly Plan for GPRS/EDGE Users | |
Airtel Max | 3GB | 10,000 | *141*712*2# | Monthly Plan for 3G Users | |
Airtel Premium | 6GB | 15,000 | *141*712*5# | Monthly Plan for Heavy Users |
Use the USSD string *141*712*0# to check your data usage
Note that you MUST activate any of the bundled packages using the above codes to enjoy the monthly or daily plan. Failure to do so would result in being charged at PAYU rate of 15Kobo per Kilobyte.
Airtel Broadband Value proposition: Multiple Months Subscription with GREAT Discount:
Airtel Mobile Internet Broadband Value Proposition (BBVP) is a prepaid, subscription based internet service which allows customers access high speed internet connectivity with the flexibility of multiple pre-payment plans. Payments can be made in advance for a period of 3, 6 & 12 months.
Depending on the duration of customer’s commitment, customers can enjoy discounts as high as 20%. This service is available to ALL Airtel and Non-Airtel customers.
Single Month Subscription | Multiple Month Subscription | |||||||
1 month Price (N) | Data Allowance | 3 months Price (N) | Data Allowance | 6 months Price (N) | Data Allowance | 12 months Price (N) | Data Allowance | |
Airtel Lite | 1,000 | 100MB | 2,925 | 300MB | 5,700 | 600MB | 10,800 | 1.2GB |
Airtel Plus | 5,000 | 1GB | 13,500 | 3GB | 25,500 | 6GB | 48,000 | 12GB |
Airtel Max | 10,000 | 3GB | 27,000 | 9GB | 51,000 | 18GB | 96,000 | 36GB |
Airtel Premium | 15,000 | 6GB | 40,500 | 18GB | 76,500 | 36GB | 144,000 | 72GB |
Product Features and Benefits:
The Airtel BBVP offers the following features:
- Multiple prepayment (3, 6 and 12 months prepayment option) with up to 20% discount
- Most cost-effective and flexible bundle Service Plans to suit your Internet needs
- Simple, Fast, Mobile and Easy-to-use Internet services for Smart phones, Laptops and Desktops in offices or homes
- Access to the Airtel data network, with seamless handover between GPRS/EDGE and 3G zones.
How the Service Works:
This service is available to everyone (whether you are an existing Airtel subscriber or not).
- It is based on Airtel’s existing Bundle Service Plan. It offers additional payment discounts to customers who are willing to pay upfront for the Airtel Mobile Internet Service only.
- BBVP is ONLY sold and activated in Airtel Shops Nationwide. It cannot be activated using a code like the other monthly bundle Service Plan.
- To check usage, dial *123*10#.
Figure 1
Processes: If I were interested in buying the Airtel Plus plan, I would load N5,000 worth of Airtel airtime to my phone or usb internet modem and then dial the USSD Activation code which in the case of Plus plan is *141*712*1#.
To check your remaining internet data plan balance, simply use the USSD string *141*712*0#.
Please note that failure to subscribe to a data plan would result in being charged at PAYU rate of 15Kobo per Kilobyte. This 15Kobo per Kilobyte rate also applies to all those who finish their data allowance and fail to re-subscribe to another plan.
Before I sign off on this, Airtel offers you a cheaper way of staying connected to the internet via their service through the Airtel Broadband Value Proposition which offers you Multiple Months Internet Subscription at up to 20% DISCOUNT!
Airtel’s Broadband Value Proposition plans are as listed below:
