du wishes its customers Eid Mubarak

Press release

Published August 28th, 2011 - 09:51 GMT

Eid is round the corner, and in view of the travelling season when all UAE residents travel abroad to enjoy this joyous period, du has extended its amazing Summer Traveller Rewards promotion – till 23 September. For those who are staying back in the UAE during Eid, du is offering its valued customers with an all day off-peak rate to any destination in the world from 30 August right up until 1 September. The special offer also includes discounted SMS rates during this period, enabling du customers to text friends and family for just 15 fils per local SMS and 45 fils per international SMS.

du’s Traveller Rewards promotion offer reduces call rates for calling any UAE number while travelling in numerous countries including USA, Canada, Australia, as well as many European countries such as the UK, France and Germany. This offer is available to all du customers and can be activated by texting the word ‘summer’ to 9831. du mobile customers will be able to subscribe to this wonderful offer either before travelling or upon reaching their destination.

“Eid marks a time to rejoice, a time to connect with loved ones. We would like to facilitate this by offering compelling and attractive calling rates for those who will be in the UAE. Our customers – who are travelling abroad have also reasons to cheer as thanks to ourTraveller Rewards promotion they will enjoy a very generous discount of 30%. We wish everyone a joyous Eid,” said Farid Faraidooni, Chief Commercial Officer, du.

Customers who have subscribed to the One World Plan will be able to call friends and family to over 190 destinations, from 9pm to 9am and all day Friday for just 2 fils/sec (AED 1.2 /min) and pay regular rates between 9 am and 9pm, as per the current offer.

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.