How to Transfer Data on MTN South Africa? There are many people in South Africa who don’t know how to transfer MTN data. Don’t worry, in this article, you will learn how to share data on MTN with your family, colleagues and friends.
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What is Data Bundle Sharing?
Data bundle sharing is a process where you share your data bundles with other users. With Gift MTN Data service, you can share your data with anyone on MTN. Friends can share with friends, parents can share with kids, employers can share with employees, just about anyone can share their data.
You can send someone data from any data bundle you’ve purchased or from the inclusive data that is part of your contract.
How to Transfer data on MTN to MTN number
Here’s how to transfer MTN data from your active data balance to your friends
- Simply dial *131*Phone number* Data amount#
- Or text Transfer<space>Phone number<space>Data amount and to 131
How to Buy MTN Data for Someone
MTN’s Gift Data service also allows you to buy data for friends and here’s how to buy MTN data using the service.
- Buy Data for a Friend: You can buy a specific bundle for that special friend and you will be charged from your airtime. Simply dial *131*Bundle Activation Code*Beneficiary’s Phone number#
Please note that you can only buy and transfer data from your daily, weekly, and monthly bundle plans, but, you shall not be able to gift from an XtraValue bundle.
The maximum number of times you can transfer MTN is twice daily. However, the cumulative amount you can transfer at a given time and in a day is 1GB.
The amount of data you can transfer at time are 50MB, 100MB, 200MB, and 500MB. However, you must ensure you have at least 50MB in your data balance after every transfer for your transfer to be successful.
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