His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum visits du at GITEX 2014

Dubai, UAE, 12 October 2014: His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, today visited du’s stand at GITEX 2014 (#Z-F10). His Highness was received by Osman Sultan, Chief Executive Officer, du, and other representatives of the company’s senior management, who gave His Highness a tour of du’s stand and briefed him on how connectivity will facilitate the realisation of the vision of UAE’s leadership towards a “smart future”.

Under the theme of ‘Our Smartest Technological Advance: Happiness’, du is demonstrating at GITEX 2014 how Information Communications Technology (ICT) solutions can be used to create a Smart environment, in which convenience and reliable connectivity will foster happiness and productivity within the community.
 
About du

We opened for business in 2006. We offer mobile and fixed telephony, broadband connectivity and IPTV services to individuals, homes and businesses. We also provide carrier services for businesses and satellite up/downlink services for TV broadcasters. As a rapidly-growing enterprise, we have a team of experts working to enhance and expand our bouquet of service offerings. Our people come from over 60 countries - we mirror the rich cultural diversity of our nation, while being able to serve our customers in a variety of languages.

We remain committed to providing fulfilling opportunities for quality talent in a cosmopolitan working environment. By the end of Q1 2014, more than 7.5 million individual customers and over 80,000 businesses have chosen to use our services. In 2013 we were awarded the Dubai Chamber CSR Label for the second year in recognition of our continuing commitment to CSR best practice and the Small Energy Award - Golden Category at Emirates Energy Award for our LEED platinum-certified Fujairah retail shop. We were also awarded with the Premier Plan Best Business Service commsMEA awards in 2013 and the award Best Cloud Provider for Datamena at Telecom Review Industry Awards.

du is 39.5 percent owned by Emirates Investment Authority, 20.08 percent by Mubadala Development Company PJSC, 19.5 percent by Emirates Communications and Technology LLC and the remaining stake by public shareholders. du is listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and trades under the name ‘du’.