How to Transfer or share Data bundle with MTN

Data bundles subscribed can sometimes be too much for you to exhaust before the expiring date, especially now that so much data is being offered to subscribers for far less prices than ever.
Don't let the ISP cut off the remaining data, share/transfer data to friends and help them save money.

Fortunately, all networks in Nigeria allow Data purchased to be shared with your friends and love ones, so you can use this service on MTN, Airtel, Glo, and 9mobile Network.
You can also buy data from Family of friends if you don't want them to use your own data - It's called Data gifting which is a little different from data sharing.

In this post we have outlined the various processes & codes that can be used to share data - Hope you find what you're looking for. Let us know if you don't - Hit reply.


How to Transfer or share Data bundle with MTN

To share data on MTN, you first need to register.
Step 1. Dial *131*2*1# or text REG to 131; to register. MTN will send you security PIN. 
Step 2. Change the System generated PIN by dialing*131*2*5# or text Change generated_PIN MY NEW_PIN MY NEW_PIN to 131. E.g Change 0000 1111 1111 to 131. Where 0000 is generated PIN and 1111 is your new PIN.
Step 3. Add beneficiaries to your MTN shared Data Bundle account by dialing *131*2*2# or  text Add <Beneficiary Numbers> <PIN> to 131. You can only add 5 numbers to your MTN share data bundle account
Step 4. At this point you can now being to share data bundle with your beneficiaries by dialing  *131*2*3# or text “Share <PIN> to 131”

Transfer data bundle with Airtel
Airtel does not require registration before you can share data. You can directly share using the following code:

25MB  
Dial *141*712*11*recipient#

60MB 
Dial *141*712*9*recipient number#

10MB
*141*712*4*recipient number#. 

Transfer data bundle with GLO
To share data with friends and love ones with GLO
Step 1.  add people to sharing List by dial *127*01*[friend’s number]# or SMS "Share [friend’s number]” to 127.
Step 2. Share data to friends by dialing *127*Data Plan Code*receiver's number#

To Check the Numbers of people in your Data share account dial *127*00# or SMS “List” to 127 

To Remove people from your data share account dial *127*02*[friend’s number]# OR Send “Remove [friend’s number]” to 127

Transfer data bundle with 9mobile
To Transfer data with 9mobile is very easy
Dial *229*PIN* Volume of MB* Recipient Number*3#

By default your 9mobile pin is 0000 which is the same as your share and sell PIN but you can change the PIN by dialing *247*0000* New PIN#. 
9mobile allow you to share to as many people as you want but the minimum data to share is 10MB. 

For more information dial *200#
Select Option 5
Select option 3 

You might also consider reading these two post that talks about our Data share service
Buy cheapest MTN data bundles (1200 for 1GB)
Buy cheapest 9mobile Subscription (250MB, 500MB, 650MB & 1GB)

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