UPDATE 10 July 2013: I can now confirm that it doesn't work on non blackberry devices out of the box. To get it to work on android devices, PCs etc, you have a buy a regular data plan as well. I subscribed for their 10MB for N100 a day data plan and have been browsing freely ever since on my PC.
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The ads have being popping up everywhere and the gist is that Airtel Nigeria now offers unlimited blackberry data plans to customers who dial the USSD code *440*16#. Unfortunately some have realized that this isn't so as dialing that code only gives you 2GB of data for N1500 and not unlimited data. Also another USSD code is making the rounds offering as much as 4GB of data for the same N1500 by simply dialing *440*161#. This particular code is being spread by Airtel Nigeria via text messages such as that which is shown in the capture below and shared via Whatsapp.
Some folks have tried it and gotten this message instead.
I was lucky to stumble on one of their numerous ads which led me to their actual promo page.,
The promo is tagged BlackBerry 2-PLUS-1 Offer and as is common with most offers, it is a limited offer which is available while offer lasts
As shown in the table below, BB Unlimited 2+1 offers you a whooping 6GB of data for just N3,000 when you dial *440*016# or text Bbum3 to 440 and it's valid for 90 days
| Plan | Data Allowance (MB) | Retail Price (N) | Validity period | DIAL - USSD Activation Code | SMS - Activation Code to 440 | |
| BB Unlimited 2+1 | Monthly | 6144 | 3000 | 90 | *440*016# | Bbum3 |
| Weekly | 1200 | 1050 | 21 | *440*017# | Bbuw3 | |
| Daily | 240 | 200 | 3 | *440*018# | Bbud3 | |
| BB Complete_NEW 2+1 | Monthly | 600 | 2000 | 90 | *440*019# | Bbcm3 |
| Weekly | 150 | 700 | 21 | *440*020# | Bbcw3 | |
| Daily | 30 | 140 | 3 | *440*021# | Bbcd3 | |
| BIS Absolute 2+1 | Monthly | 3072 | 6000 | 90 | *440*004# | Bismonth3 |
| Weekly | 300 | 2000 | 21 | *440*022# | Bisweek3 | |
| Daily | 30 | 400 | 3 | *440*023# | Bisday3 | |
| BB complete 2+1 | Monthly | 3072 | 2800 | 90 | *440*001# | Bcm3 |
| Weekly | 300 | 800 | 21 | *440*002# | Bcw3 | |
| Daily | 30 | 200 | 3 | *440*003# | Bcd3 | |
| BB Social 2+1 | Monthly | 3072 | 2400 | 90 | *440*024# | Bsm3 |
| Weekly | 300 | 800 | 21 | *440*005# | Bsw3 | |
| Daily | 30 | 200 | 3 | *440*006# | Bsd3 | |
| BB 10 Max 2+1 | Monthly | 4608 | 6000 | 90 | *440*007# | Bmm3 |
| Weekly | 1050 | 2100 | 21 | *440*008# | Bmw3 | |
| Daily | 150 | 400 | 3 | *440*009# | Bmd3 | |
| BB 10 Midi 2+1 | Monthly | 1500 | 3000 | 90 | *440*010# | Bim3 |
| Weekly | 390 | 1050 | 21 | *440*011# | Biw3 | |
| Daily | 45 | 200 | 3 | *440*012# | Bid3 | |
| BB 10 Lite 2+1 | Monthly | 750 | 2000 | 90 | *440*013# | Blm3 |
| Weekly | 240 | 700 | 21 | *440*014# | Blw3 | |
| Daily | 30 | 140 | 3 | *440*015# | Bld3 |
No word from Airtel yet as to why BB Complete_NEW 2+1 and BB Social 2+1 are going for N6,000 monthly. I'm guessing they made a mistake.
Unfortunately I cannot act as a guinea pig on this one for you guys as I still have data left on my Airtel SIM. If any of you have tried it out with success, do please holla via the comments section below. Also there have been rumors that these plans don't work on PC and other non blackberry devices like the regular Airtel BlackBerry Complete and Social Plans. Do please clarify that for us too.
UPDATE: The BB Unlimited 2+1 6GB data plan subscription actually works as confirmed in the screen captures below. The 7.26GB data balance is due to data rollover.
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Nice. I\'ve tested it and it worked. Another best from Airtel.
@Anonymous: Thanks for confirmation ;-)
What else could one wish for from #FastIsAnAttitude.
Can\'t wait to relocate to where airtel was king unlike this zone where I can barely get #EDGE.
PS: does the 6GB+ work across all platforms or is it for BB only?
@Solaoni I\'ll be testing that tomorrow to see what\'s up with use on non blackberry devices. I go holla una then
I subscribe to their so called unlimited package last two weeks, unfortunately they stop my bis 2 weeks after & when called them they told me that my data bundle as finished. When I challenge them that why do they tag it unlimited plan,the agent that spoke with me was just short of word & finnaly disclose that they only give 2gb for their useless #1500 unlimited
@Kayode: kpele. Whenever I see unlimited I always go straight to the terms and conditions as they tend to reveal \"whatsup\" there.
I\'ll probably get a new sim for my BlackBerry tomorrow and try the BB unlimited option
Thanks @UC. I\'ll look forward to seeing the outcome.
pls I want know if etisalat bb data plan can work on tecno andriod because airtel bb data plan is working on it
@Olayinka: so far so good, there\'s been no word about etisalat blackberry plans working on android sha.
Pls i will like to know if this unlimited offer works on other non blackberry devices.
@Bawa: one of us wrote a post on this. Apparently you would need to subscribe to a normal data plan and that would then make the blackberry plan work on any device. Check out: http://nigeriaknowledge.blogspot.com/2013/06/all-airtel-unlimited-blackberry-ussd.html
Hopefully before today runs out, I\'ll try it out on a new Airtel SIM and update this article.
Thanks for breaking it down man. Been hearing but now i know the full load down thanks t you :-)
dnt knprob, is nt working on my lappy. av already dialed d ussd code n 1500 was removed n i tried subscribing for d daiky plan of 100 bt d response i got was dat i cant activate another plan until i exhausted d existin plan. am so sad here cos i dnt use BB
@TP sorry to hear that. What code did you dial for N1500? Have you checked your data balance ?
*440*16# and 1500 was removed from my act, so I tried subsrcibin for d daily plan as u directed bt d response I got was dat I can\'t change d existin plan until I exhauted d plan. So I tried usin it on my lappy bt it was nt connectin
@TP have you checked your data balance? Try another cheap normal data plan and see if that works or not. As far as I know Airtel allows blackberry and normal data plan on the same sim at a time unless they\'ve blocked that just like MTN Nigeria did last night with their blackberry plans :(
*440*16# n 1500 was removed. So I tried subscribin for d daily plan of #100 bt d response I got was dat I can\'t change my existin plan until I exhauted d plan. N it dosnt work on my lappy
@tp dial this code *141*712*11#
Pls is data rollover applicable to BIS #1500 (2Gig) plan.if yes,how can I go about it....thanks
@Rasak I don\'t think Airtel has rollover for BlackBerry data plans
Pls does data rollover applicable to BIS #1500 (2Gig) plan?
If yes,how can I go about it.
Thanks