Use *315# to check phones before buying, NCC tells Nigerians

…Commission says check confirms type approval, verification for Nigerian networks
…231m devices in use before October 7 already verified
By Juliet Umeh
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 peo...