You Can Now Stop Annoying SMS and Calls on MTN & Etisalat With Do-Not-Disturb

Nigeria Mobile network providers have joined
telemarketers, scammers, ex-lovers and
annoying friends to become “a pain in the
neck” to their customers. Making sure that
our sleep is disturbed or at most drain our
phone battery.
Either you subscribe to the service or not,
you are forced to receive at least 3
spontaneous SMS daily. You might have tried
some applications to block those annoying
SMS, but they still manage to dodge their
way into your phone.
I'm pretty sure that this is something you
would like to stop from happening any
longer, or isn’t it?
MTN and Etisalat Nigeria has introduced a
new feature called Do-Not-Disturb (DND) list,
which allows you to stop every spontaneous
SMS or nonessential campaign messages.
The step was taken after the Nigeria
Communication Commission, NCC announced
it will bang N5 million naira fine against
telecommunications for harassing Nigerians
with unwanted SMS and Calls.
Now, you have the opportunity to opt-out of
any spontaneous SMS, by using the Do-Not-
Disturb (DND) list.
To Opt Out of Unwanted SMS From MTN
Simply text HELP to 2442
You will see options to opt-out from any
particular sms campaign ranging from
educational, health, sport, banking etc...
To Opt Out of Unwanted SMS From Etisalat
Text STOP to 2442
You will see options to opt-out from any
particular sms campaign ranging from
educational, health, sport, banking etc...
Note that it is absolutely free of charge.
Make sure you reply with the corresponding
number from the list.
Be expecting similar thing from other
network providers in Nigeria, because they
must adhere to the NCC rules if they don't
want to pay N5 million naira fine. Thanks to
NCC for doing their job properly.

That's good idear.