“Use *315# To Check Phones Before Buying” – NCC Tells Nigerians

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has urged Nigerians to check the verification status of mobile phones before buying them, using its device checker code, *315#.

The commission said buyers could also use the device checker on its website to establish whether a phone had received type approval and had been verified for use on Nigerian mobile networks.

Speaking on Newsnight on Arise Television, the NCC’s Director of Technical Standards and Network Integrity, Eduyemi Ogoh, said the check was particularly important for people buying second-hand phones or devices imported from abroad.

“Before you buy the phone, dial *315# and confirm that the phone is fully verified before you pay,” he said.

Ogoh said the NCC introduced the checker to meet its statutory responsibility under the Nigerian Communications Act 2003, protect consumers and address complaints about poor network service linked to mobile devices.

“The whole intent of [type approval] is to ensure that every device coming into the country is genuine and works the way it should work,” he said.

He said consumers should be confident that they were spending their money on genuine devices, rather than “an old phone device that is fake or an imitation of the real thing.”

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