Jide Ogunsanya
Etisalat Nigeria has unveiled a new high speed access to the internet, tagged “EasyBlaze“. EasyBlaze broadband internet access is a high rate data connection to the internet. The HSPA+ technology as deployed by Etisalat promises a top speed threshold of 42Mbps compared to 3.6Mbps or 7.2Mbps supported by most devices in the market.
EasyBlaze data plans work with the regular Etisalat prepaid SIM card and you can use it on your phones and USB modems. As at the time of publishing this, Etisalat posted on their Facebook page that the Etisalat 3.75G is now LIVE in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Kano, Kaduna, Warri, Enugu, Aba, Onitsha, Zaria, Awka, Nnewi and Benin.
EasyBlaze features include:
- Auto-renewal: Automatic renewal allows subscribers to purchase any of our data plans, as long as the subscriber has sufficient airtime credit in his account.
- Data Roll-Over: This allows a subscriber to rollover unused MB of the current data plan provided a new data purchase can be made before the end of validity period of the unused or active data plan.
- Product speed cap: Ability to apply cap on the speed per product and PAYG speed cap.
You can share your EasyBlaze data plan using Etisalat MiFi Router ( supports up to 5 users) or the Etisalat wireless Router ( supports up to 20 users).
Below are the subscriptions codes and SMS keywords of the Etisalat Nigeria EasyBlaze packages
| S/N | Plans | Price(=N=) | USSD Code | SMS Keyword to 229 |
| 1 | 200MB | 1,000 | *229*2*1# | MB2 |
| 2 | 500MB | 3,000 | *229*2*2# | MB3 |
| 3 | 1.5GB | 4,000 | *229*2*4# | MB4 |
| 4 | Night & Weekend | 4,000 | *229*3*3# | MB7 |
| 5 | 3GB | 6,500 | *229*2*3# | MB5 |
| 6 | 6GB | 8,000 | *229*2*5# | MB6 |
- The new pay as you use rate is now 5 kobo/per kb
- Check your data balance anytime – just dial *228#
The plans are still expensive compared to what Globacom offers, though Glo doesn’t support data roll-over as at the time of publishing this post. You can check the Globacom Nigeria Internet data plans to compare the bundles with that of Etisalat.
If interested in the Etisalat Easynet plans, check out the subscription codes for Etisalat daily and weekly data plans here.
Feel free to share your views about this new Etisalat EasyBlaze.
Cheers!
Etisalat EasyBlaze: http://www.etisalat.com.ng/easyblaze/easyblaze.php
Nice one from Etisalat. The data roll over really attracts me the most and hoping other networks will adjust to this soonest. Loving the competition and signs of better things to come
Nice one from Etisalat. But their data plans still look unattractive.
Yes, compared to that of Globacom, which still seems to be the cheapest for now
Thumbs up to Etisalat. I keep wondering when the average Nigerian would be able to enjoy browsing at very high speeds and keeps seeming like a mirrage. I hope Etisalat is able to live up to expectations.
I hope so too
What I don't understand is that the speed rate is extremely slow on my modem (shaped like Etisalat logo). I thought since the Eazyblaze stuff is now here the speed of Etisalat connections is supposed to be fast. In the first place I bought it cos I was told that particular modem is fast. Can u tell me if there is anything I need to do?
Might be an issue with their servers. Let hope it gets better as soon as possible.
I use a universal modern with my etisalat mobile broadband plan and the speed is fantastic. no need of getting eazyblaze or whatever.
a very good development compared to other network data plan structures, a part from the speed, etisalat allocate data bonus to any plan you subscription into.
Pls I just got a new easyblaze wireless router but I don’t know how to recharge it while the sim is inside the router…its confusing ,pls help me out!!!. Thanks in anticipation