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du today unveiled its “Assurance Plans” for individuals and businesses alike to choose from. These plans have been tailor-made to manage the current Blackberry situation with minimal disruption, and no upfront cost. The “Standard Assurance Plan” offers customers all the benefits that they are currently enjoying in addition to free 1000 local and international SMSs. [...]

Etisalat today responded rapidly to the announcement of the TRA to suspend BlackBerry services on October 11 and unveiled valuable, alternative mobility packages for its existing BlackBerry customers who were subscribed to the service as of July 31, 2010. The new packages offer bundled services such as SMS and MMS as well as mobile Internet [...]

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) confirmed today that Blackberry Messenger, Blackberry E-mail and Blackberry Web-browsing services in the UAE will be suspended as of October 11th 2010. The suspension is a result of the failure of ongoing attempts, dating back to 2007, to bring Blackberry services in the UAE in line with UAE telecommunications regulations. [...]

Committed to providing its customers with high-quality, competitive data services, Du today launched the Micro Data SIM, a new smaller version of Data SIM which allows high-speed data connectivity. The new SIM is available for both its Pay as you Go, and Monthly Plan mobile customers and comes in a variety of attractive and unbeatable [...]

The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has confirmed that both telecom operators in the country, Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (etisalat) and Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du), are technically ready to open their fixed-line networks to competition. Both operators will be able to now provide all fixed-line services, telephone and internet services, and in the near future [...]

UAE telco du has announced that it will offer access to the World Cup for 299 AED (US $81) and has confirmed that it will not require viewers to take-up a 12 month subscription to Al Jazeera Sport. The announcement means that du now offers the cheapest access to TV broadcasts of the tournament. The [...]

Du CEO Osman Sultan said that the company will “definitely” broadcast this year’s World Cup tournament. Following concerns from subscribers that it has yet to make any announcement and with the tournament kicking off on June 11, Sultan said: “This is the greatest sporting event in the world and yes, we will show it for [...]

Du and Facebook today announced that Du is now offering its customers free mobile browsing on the new 0.facebook.com website. By supporting 0.facebook.com Du is enabling its customers to stay connected through Facebook with their friends and family from any mobile Web browser without incurring any data charges. Facebook’s 0.facebook.com site is optimized for speed [...]

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, known as du, on Tuesday announced that net profit before royalty for the first quarter of 2010 had more than quadrupled, compared to the same period last year. The country’s second telecom operator said profit was AED 194m versus AED 47m in Q1 2009. Compared to the previous quarter, net profit [...]

The UAE Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) has announced its revised VoIP regulatory policy. Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) is a general term for voice communications over IP networks such as the Internet or other packet-switched networks. The technology can be used along with certain applications to make calls over the Internet. TRA’s VoIP Regulatory Policy [...]

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC (Du) today announced full year results to 31 December 2009, recording another successful year of growth with net profit before royalty at record highs reaching Dhs528m. Highlights for the full year: • 1,011,200 active mobile customers acquired, an increase of 41% year on year to 3,477,000 • Post paid active [...]

du, the UAE’s second telecom operator, announced it’s 3rd quarter results: • 3,139,100 active mobile subscribers at quarter end, up from 2.1 million versus Qtr 3 2008 (a 51% increase) – 233,200 net active mobile additions during the quarter – 25,900 net increase in post-paid mobile additions in Q3. • Revenues for the quarter of [...]