RECHARGE ACCOUNTS: RECHARGE ACCOUNTS FOR MTN,GLO,AIRTEL,ETISALAT,VISAFONE AND STARCOMMS NETWORKS.

RECHARGE ACCOUNTS: RECHARGE ACCOUNTS FOR MTN,GLO,AIRTEL,ETISALAT,VISAFONE AND STARCOMMS NETWORKS.

    Recharge account is the account credited when you load in a recharge card(recharge pin number or recharge code number) or recharge voucher into your cell phone,internet modem or any other device using recharge cards and vouchers. It is this account that is also credited when you recharge with a virtual top up system (VTU). The virtual top up system  (VTU) send money to your recharge account without loading in a recharge pin number/or recharge code number.An innovation first used  by MTN network in Nigeria,the principle is now being used to share and sell credit by various networks in Nigeria into recharge accounts.This system which can only be used to share and sell credit within the same network enables Mr A to send a given amount from his or her cellphone's recharge account to Mr B's recharge account.
   RECHARGE ACCOUNTS TYPES:
Different networks operate different account types for a particular Subscriber's Identification Module best known as SIM card. There could be Main Account,SMS account,Browsing account,Bonus account etc.Loading into these accounts take different formats.We use some loading codes for MTN network as illustration.
        MTN Main account--*555*1*(recharge pin number)#
        MTN (N100) Browsing---SMS 104 to 131
        MTN Main recharge account check--*556#
       MTN Browsing account check----SMS 2 to 131

       The recharge accounts of each of the respective networks will be looked into in our coming posts.