Posted by The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed all mobile operators to implement a Do Not Disturb feature for subscribers who do not want to receive unsolicited SMS and calls. Etisalat has tweeted how to opt-out of receiving unsolicited marketing messages and calls by being added to the Do Not Disturb list on their network.
What To DO
From your Etisalat line, text STOP to 2442. Here is the source tweet:
@etisalat_9ja “do not disturb” service will allow customers opt-out of receiving unsolicited marketing messages and calls.txt STOP to 2442
— Mobile Tech News (@taj_sagay) July 1, 2016
Partial Do Not Disturb
Maybe you want to block only certain types of messages/calls, there are codes to do that. To implement partial “Do Not Disturb” to block only certain types of messages, use the following codes:
– banking,insurance & financial products: SMS 1 to 2442
– real estate: SMS 2 to 2442
– education SMS: 3 to 2442
– health: SMS 4 to 2442
– consumer goods & automobiles: SMS 5 to 2442
– communication/broadcasting/entertainment/IT: SMS 6 to 2442
– tourism & leisure: SMS 7 to 2442
– sports: SMS 8 to 2442
– religion: SMS 9 to 2442
Try it out and come give us feedback.
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for partial DND – see codes below
banking,insurance & financial products SMS 1 to 2442
real estate SMS 2 to 2442
education SMS 3 to 2442
health SMS 4 to 2442
consumer goods & automobiles SMS 5 to 2442
communication/broadcasting/entertainment/IT SMS 6 to 2442
tourism & leisure SMS 7 to 2442
sports SMS 8 to 2442
religion SMS 9 to 2442
NCC with their way of improving Telecom in Nigeria.. Well done guys..
well, same code works on glo… so tis looking cross network