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Home » ALTON Explains Why Telcos Barred Subscribers’ Lines

ALTON Explains Why Telcos Barred Subscribers’ Lines

…Denies link to planned national protest

Peter Oluka by Peter Oluka
July 29, 2024
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ALTON, NITDA Bill 2022, USSD Debt - Telecoms and Digital Economy - Telcos and NASS members
Engr. Gbenga Adebayo, Chairman of ALTON

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The Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria has reacted to some online reports (Techeconomy excluded) linking the ongoing subscriber line barring exercise, with the planned national protest.

In a statement on Monday, made available to Techeconomy, Engineer Gbenga Adebayo, the chairman of ALTON, said there was absolutely no connection between the two.

“The NIN/SIM link registration deadline has earlier been set for 31st July, 2024.

“The fact of the matter is that the harmonization exercise of the SIM Registration database and National Identity Database has been ongoing for several months. This is aimed at improving the integrity of the National SIM registration database. Customers who had their lines blocked recently are those whom their service providers found a mismatch between their records on both databases. We advise such customers to contact their service providers through communicated channels for resolution of the issue.

“However, all operators have put in place measures to ensure that anyone whose line is blocked can unblock it by following some easy steps.

1. Airtel: Dial *121# and input your eleven digit NIN number. The subscriber will receive a confirmation message that you have successfully unbarred your Airtel Sim card.
2. EMTS: 9Mobile: Dial *200*8#
3. Glo: Dial *109*Your NIN number# For example if your NIN 12345678901, you would dial
*109*12345678901# Then follow the prompts to submit your NIN for linkage.
4. MTN: If a MTN line is barred, all the subscriber need do is visit nin.mtn.ng, to check the NIN status, and if not linked, proceed to link it. During the process, an OTP would be requested, as well as the NIN. After giving consent and submitting the NIN linking request, it will be done and the line will be automatically unbarred.
5. Smile: Send your valid NIN to customercare@smile.com.ng or call 07020444444, you will be asked to provide consent, upon receipt of customer consent and successful verification of NIN, the line will be unbarred.
6. Spectranet: Call toll free line 8002345678 and submit your NIN but will have to get your KYC done at Spectranet Store. Customer can email us at care@spectranet.com.ng and submit their NIN but will have to submit their KYC at Spectranet Store. Customer can go to Spectranet website and submit their NIN online but to complete the process they will have to do KYC at Spectranet Store.
7. Ntel: Customer should visits any Ntel store with their NIN, fingerprint is used to call up their existing KYC profile with Ntel for verification, consent is received and line is updated and unbarred.
“In case these online steps fail, subscribers can physically visit any walk-in centres of operators, to unblock their lines”.

He said that ALTON is committed to supporting the government of Nigeria, and upholding the rights of citizens.

“As an industry, we respect and commit to protecting the rights of all people to communicate, to share information freely and responsibly, and to enjoy privacy and security regarding their data and their use of digital communications,” Adebayo said.

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