Goodday Pals. Something funny is obviously going on with MTN. I have undergone MTN registration severally and despite this MTN blocked my line on 2 occasions. In recent times just like everyone else, they have been bombarding me with SIM REG messages and i decided to port. I have been on this matter in the last 2weeks to no avail. The new network provider i want to migrate to has given me another another SIM after completing forms but i cant activate it on my phone without the MTN signal going off. I sent PORT to 3232 and received message to proceed twice but MTN has refused to release the line. I have called their customer care to no avail and its been one excuse or the other. Infact today, i was asked to go their center and i got upset with the lady (thinking of the crowd alone there scares me). When i told her i was going to escalate to NCC, she quickly put me on hold. Then she came back and told me her supervisor will call me back. STORY!!!! I am still waiting. The strange thing is that i have a colleague who is experiencing the same thing and his is over 3weeks. Could this be a deliberate attempt by MTN to frustrate efforts to PORT to another network?

Having the same challenge with MTN? I sent the text PORT to 3232 and received message that it was received and that I can now proceed to the next network.

More than a week now, MTN is has not disconnect the line from their network. They are just doing everything possible to frustrate people from porting.

I'm presently working with my lawyer to take MTN to court.

No going back.

You still need to register that line...since it has been deactivated

abimbawealth:
You still need to register that line...since it has been deactivated

I think this lady is right@Op

The line has not be deactivated. It was blocked on 2 occasion and then released after that i still did the SIM Reg. Its working now but those messages keep coming in. The issue now is for MTN network to go off so i can put the other SIM. Thats the battle and i cant even imagine going to queue at their office with all this messages coming in. I would rather PORT.

I'm beginning to feel this is something close to what the banks were doing at some point when they refuse to allow you close account or move deposit to another bank by frustrating efforts. If they make it easy, just imagine all the crowd we see at the various centers opting to PORT to other networks instead of queuing under the sun just to register or re-register and get their "419" bonus of N5000 OR N10,000 (which virtually disappears before you talk for 5 mins)

ebimila:
I'm beginning to feel this is something close to what the banks were doing at some point when they refuse to allow you close account or move deposit to another bank by frustrating efforts. If they make it easy, just imagine all the crowd we see at the various centers opting to PORT to other networks instead of queuing under the sun just to register or re-register and get their "419" bonus of N5000 OR N10,000 (which virtually disappears before you talk for 5 mins)

mine as refuse to disappear after 2 hrs talk time

I wonder why people still bother themselves with this porting thing. For crying out loud, if a network gives you any issues, simply walk into any other network's shop and buy yourself their sim. It's not like sim cards still cost 20k.

Lucky you.

asuustrike2009:

mine as refuse to disappear after 2 hrs talk time

ebimila:
Lucky you.

am on MTN zone and my call rates are at 12k/sec all networks most times