In this article, you will learn how to share or transfer your Airtel data to your family and friends for free.
Airtel is one of the first networks that initiated the data sharing and data transfer package in Nigeria since it has been a relief to lots of their subscribers.
Sharing data on Airtel is very easy; all you need is the required USSD code; in less than a minute, the data will be transferred.
Most of us have that friend who always tells us to switch on our mobile hotspot for them. While our hotspot is turned on, we may not be able to control the data usage, and our data may get exhausted.
Again is that we will have to be in close range for a third party to be able to connect to our hotspot.
And some other time the person we may want to share our internet with may be far away from us. This is where Airtel data sharing, Airtel data transfer, airtel data gifting, and Airtel Me2U are all important
There is now a uniform code that can be used for data sharing and data transfer, this will work on all the mobile networks in Nigeria, you can check it here: Harmonized USSD Codes for MTN, Airtel, Glo & 9mobile.
Harmonized code to share data or transfer data in Nigeria
The harmonized code will be the uniform code that will work to transfer data, share data, and gift data on all networks in Nigeria.
- Use *321# to share data
- Use *312# to gift data.
How to share data or transfer data on Airtel
- To share data on your Airtel simply dial *312# on the same Airtel network. On the on-screen popup, you will see a list of options, go to the next page by sending “*“.
- That will bring yu to the next page, select option 14 which is named “Gifting and Sharing”.
- Next, select option 4 (Data Me2U) from the on-screen popup then select the option to send data from your data balance.
- Next, you will have to enter the recipient’s Airtel’s phone number and the data amount you wish to send.
- Enter your transfer PIN and the process will be complete.
The Airtel gifting allows buying a data bundle plan for a customer – from your account. You mustn’t have an active data plan to use the Airtel gifting.
Just like the way you buy a data bundle for yourself – you can also buy for someone else.
How to reset my Airtel data transfer pin
To execute data gifting, a transfer pin is necessary, the are cases when you may want to reset the data transfer pin or choose to change the pin. The step here will explain how to execute that.
- Dial *312#
- Select 14 for data gifting & sharing
- Select 1 to change the pin, and follow the onscreen instructions, the default pin in 1234.
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