du brings Manchester United fans even closer to their favourite team

Press release

Published November 17th, 2011 - 10:32 GMT

As part of its partnership with Manchester United Football Club, du held a ceremony to launch special club-related content at its head office in Dubai Media City. Former Manchester United captain, Gary Neville, was present for the event.

Starting December 2011, du customers will now have even more ways to connect with the club, with the availability of Manchester United content and an exclusive Manchester United SMS subscription service.

“We are pleased to be able to bring our customers even closer to their favourite team. This is an exciting occasion for us, as this iconic partnership between du and Manchester United marks our synergistic approach to bringing those people most important to us – our customers and fans – the things that add extra value to their lives,” commented Farid Faraidooni.

Richard Arnold, Commercial Director for Manchester United, commented on the launch: “We are proud of our partnership with du and hope to bring the Old Trafford experience to our fans in the UAE. Manchester United is fortunate enough to have fans all over the world and it is important to us that we build partnerships, like the one have with du, to enable us to become more accessible to those fans.”

Through Manchester United content, fans will have access to downloadable content through Myworld, including videos of match highlights and interviews, wallpapers, ringtones and much more for just AED1 per day, simply by SMSing ‘MU1’ to 9059.

To receive SMS alerts with all the latest news, updates, scores and more, du customers can SMS ‘MU2’ to 9059. This service is charged at AED5 per week.

du announced its partnership with Manchester United at GITEX Technology Week in 2011. The two-year contract will bring du customers even closer to the team, with exclusively-assigned content, competitions to win souvenirs and match tickets, and more.

Background Information

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du)

Ever since we opened for business in 2006, we have worked hard to enhance and expand our bouquet of services in an industry that is at the heart of economic and social transformation. Bringing people and businesses together is what we do best, offering mobile and fixed telephony, broadband connectivity and IPTV services to people, homes and businesses all over the UAE. We also provide carrier services, a data hub, internet exchange facilities and satellite services for broadcasters.