Prepaid Airtel subscribers needing to activate BIS service on their lines will find the following codes useful. Of course, be sure to load the correct airtime for the plan of your choice. Then send the appropriate code below:

• BIS Monthly (N3,000): text bismonth to 440
• BIS Week (N1,000): text bisweek to 440
• BIS Daily (N200): text bisday to 440

To check your BB status, text status to 440

Just a heads-up. Having your Zain line provisioned for internet and getting settings sent to your phone used to be a harrowing experience (see: Mobile Data and User-friendly Configuration). It looks like those days are over.

This morning, I popped a Zain SIM into a phone, and within moments, I received a couple of settings for WAP, MMS and internet, accompanied by text messages that congratulated me for having had the line provisioned.

This user-friendly provisioning system used to be a preserve of MTN and Etisalat. If Zain has just joined the club, as it seems, that leaves only Glo as the only “Old School” networks on the block as regards internet provisioning and configuration.

Anyone else has any reports and/or experiences with this on Zain?