Demonstrating its commitment to The United Arab Emirates and its customers, du today announced the dawn of a new era in the national broadband services landscape. du's "Real Broadband Services" will provide upto 16 times faster speed at current customer spend levels, and will be available within its current fixed services footprint from August 1 , 2010 for Enterprise customers and August 15 for all its Home service customers.
Speaking on this occasion, Farid Faraidooni, Chief Commercial Officer, du, said, "Broadband is a key enabler today for businesses and the common man alike. We have today announced a broadband proposition that will not only provide an edge to our customers and our business partners, but has also set a regional benchmark in terms of broadband prices and value provided.
du's Real broadband services will offer better value than similar broadband services offered in the ME region. It will be even more competitive than similar services provided in some developed markets such as Ireland and Canada.
du's Real Broadband can be availed of by subscribing to Surf & Talk, or Surf, Talk and Watch packages.
AED 199 per month with 8Mbps
"Surf & Talk"
BroadbandLandline – Talk the world for 1 fil per second & pay by the second
AED 349 per month with 24Mbps
AED 259 per month with 16Mbps
Surf& Talk will offer Real Broadband and Landline services with bandwidths starting from 8Mbps for which a du customer will pay AED 199/-, per month, 16Mbps at AED 259 p.m. and 24Mbps at AED 349/- pm.
"Over the last three years, du's endeavour has been to provide – tailor made solutions to its customers. We believe that with this announcement not only are we providing attractive pricing but providing a stimuli to the UAE's economy. Our business broadband packages, broadband unlimited professional and broadband unlimited premium will lower the business's total cost of ownership, by offering upto 16times faster speeds at existing prices bundled with the best international calling rates to the world which will enable higher productivity and contribute to the efficiency of businesses in the UAE. "We believe, that this major move by du, will reinforce the competitiveness of businesses in the UAE by increasing business productivity and will further enhance the image of the UAE as an incubator for business growth and development here
," added Mr. Faraidooni.
AED 249 per month with 8Mbps
"Surf Talk & Watch"
BroadbandLandline – Talk the world for 1 fil per second & pay by the seconddu TV Plus – pause, rewind and record live TVEnjoy more than 150 channels from around the world. Option to subscribe to premium Pay TV packages with additional monthly charges. Enjoy Video on Demand, HD and 3D services.Unlimited Video on Demand Package – Watch whatever you want whenever you want.
AED 309 per month with 16Mbps
AED 399 per month with 24Mbps
du is also offering new triple play package "Surf, Talk and Watch" that includes Landline, Real Broadband and its award wining du TV plus service at a single price. du TV plus offers a wide array of TV channels with features such as pause, rewind and record live TV, Movies-on-Demand, Unlimited Videos on Demand, HD and 3D services. The 3play packages will be available at AED 249 per month for 8Mbps, AED 309 per month for 16Mbps and AED 399 per month for 24Mbps.
