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Until now, numerous subscribers of the telecommunication companies in Nigeria has express serious compliment and grudges on the countless number of Disturbing message they receive daily.

Well here is the solution to end such disturbance for all MTN subscribers!

The Do-Not-Disturb service allows MTN customers to opt out of receiving promotional messages for 3rd Party services (Bulk SMS, VAS promos, etc.)

What are the main features of DND?

The service will feature the following:
• Fully Blocked mode allowing customers to Opt Out totally from receiving promotional messages via SMS and IVR.
• Partially Blocked mode allowing customers to filter service categories for promotional messages they wish to receive. Any category not selected is blocked.

How much does DND cost? THE SERVICE IS FREE TO CUSTOMERS.

How to activate DND

A customer will be able to perform the following DND activities via SMS
• View Status
• Activate full blocking
• Activate partial blocking
• Opt out of DND

Simply text HELP to the short code 2442 to find out more

• The following SMS keywords can be used to set your DND preference.
Products Code to 2442
-Stop all SMS and IVR Messages STOP
-To receive all SMS and IVR Messages ALLOW

To Activate a particular message to your line, send the following codes to 2442

-Banking/Insurance/Financial Products SMS 1
-Real Estate SMS 2
-Education SMS 3
-Health SMS 4
-Consumer goods and Automobile SMS 5
-Communication/Broadcasting/Entertainment/IT SMS 6
-Tourism and Leisure SMS 7
-Sport and IVR SMS 8
-Religion SMS 9
-Christianity SMS 91
-Islam SMS 92
-Others SMS 93
-Information on new products and services SMS 10
-News Alerts SMS 11

To check DND Status STATUS

How to Deactivate DND
--To opt out of the service, you will need to text the word "ALLOW" to the short code 2442. To opt-out is free.

How to check status
--To check status, you will need to text the key word STATUS to 2442

Reference.

1. www.mtnonline.com/dnd
2. www.google.com