MTN Nigeria has added a new network prefix to its pre-existing 13, which brings the tally to 14.
Earlier this year, the telco added three network prefixes, 0704, 07025, 07026 to its Network. The prefixes, which were formerly for Visafone numbers were launched 3 years after the acquisition of Visafone by MTN Nigeria.
As Number ranges get exhausted, new ones are unveiled. For instance, when “0803” and “0806” numbers got exhausted around 2009, MTN Nigeria unveiled the 0813 Numbering range.
Therefore, with the emergence of the new network prefixes, potential subscribers can purchase their new MTN lines, and opt for which of the three prefixes they prefer.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had allocated 12 number blocks to MTN; each range consisting of 10 million.
The additional Visafone number block with 2 million Mobile Station International Subscriber Directory Numbers (MSISDNs); that is 122 million in all.
MTN Nigeria’s Mobile Phone Network Prefixes: 07025, 07026, 0703, 0704, 0706, 0803, 0806, 0810, 0813, 0814, 0816, 0903 and 0906.
