Airtel Unveils Red Data Plan for Customers with New Smartphones

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

Customers with newly activated smartphones with Airtel SIM cards will be instantly rewarded with double the value of the data bundle purchased (between N500 and N5000) for a 3-month period, the leading telecommunications services provider has promised.

Airtel Nigeria said the new value offering is consistent with its positioning as the smartphone network in the country.

Under the new plan dubbed Red Data Plan, a customer who inserts his/her Airtel SIM in a newly purchased smartphone and opts for a 3GB data plan will instantly be rewarded with a 6GB data plan.

Customers are only required to send Get as an SMS to 141 to activate the Airtel Red Data Plan, which has been conceived to empower and offer more Nigerians opportunities to connect with the people, platforms and ideas that will help them become more productive as well empower them to pursue and achieve their dreams.

According to the Chief Commercial Officer of Airtel Nigeria, Mr Godfrey Efeurhobo, the company is committed to deepening mobile Internet penetration as well as bridging the digital divide across the country in line with the objectives of the federal government.

“Airtel Nigeria is committed to its transforming lives agenda – one of the ambitions of the agenda is to promote digital inclusion and create opportunities that will help more Nigerians to dial into the digital universe.

“Without a doubt, the Red Plan will serve as a springboard to help more telecommunications consumers access mobile broadband regardless of their location and income status,” he said.

The Red Data Plan offers new smartphone users on the Airtel network double the value of data bundles purchased for a 3 month period, upon latching on the network for the first time.

To enjoy the Red Plan, a customer is expected to insert his/her SIM into the SIM SLOT of a Smartphone (SIM 1 is preferred); recharge his/her Line with the requisite Airtime; SMS “GET TO 141” on his/her phone; buy the data bundle of his/her choice and Get Double the DATA.