The Nigerian communication industry regulator, the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) late Tuesday released a list of harmonized shortcodes for mobile networks in the country.

This implies that all network providers will be using the same short codes for the same service. That is customers of MTN, Airtel, 9mobile, and Glo mobile networks will access the services of their individual network providers with the same short codes.

According to the regulator, the new codes are 300 to be used as the unified code for call center/help desk across all mobile networks; 301 for voice mail deposit; 302 for voice mail retrieval; 303 for borrow services; 305 for STOP service; 310 for check balance, and 311 for credit recharge.

Also, the code for data plan across networks is now 312, 321 is for share services, 323 is for data plan balance while 996 is the unified code for the verification of Subscriber Identity Module Registration/NIN-SIM Linkage.

A telecommunications expert, Ajibola Olude, told The PUNCH, that the new codes are designed to help make telecommunication services easier and less burdensome for both the users and the network providers. He stated that the new harmonized short codes adopted by the NCC were a welcome development in the telecoms industry adding that this had been the global practice.

He explained that this means that “you have unified numbers irrespective of your network provider.

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