du greets its customers on ’Vishu’ with recharge and win contest

Greeting its customers on the occasion of Vishu, the south Indian harvest festival, du, the UAE’s integrated telecom service provider today announced a recharge and win contest for Pay as you Go® customers to win tickets to a show organized by Asianet featuring performance by leading film stars from Kerala in India. By simply using the ‘more international’ option on AED 100 or AED 200 WoW recharge card and sending recharge card number by SMS to 6961 , du customers have a chance to win tickets to the show, scheduled on 10 April.

Farid Faraidooni, EVP Commercial, du, said: “Our heartiest greetings go to our customers on the joyous occasion of Vishu. By simply using their du recharge cards and the more international option, not only will they make lot of savings on international calls, they also have an opportunity to celebrate this festival with their loved ones and their favourite film stars, presented in association with our partner Asianet. We hope our customers appreciate our gesture and make full use of the opportunity.”

du is partnering Asianet in presenting the marathon 5-hour long event on 10 April that will have performances by well-known film stars such as Navya Nair, Biju Narayan, Unni Menon and many more. The event is scheduled to be staged at Sheikh Rashid Auditorium in Dubai from7:30 pm onwards. The recorded programme will be also telecast on Asianet TV channel on 14 April, the day of Vishu festival at 8:30 pm.

‘more international’ from du enables customers to get extra credit of upto 60% for international calls. On AED 100 denomination recharge card, du customers get a credit worth AED 150, valid for 20 days. On AED 200 denomination recharge card, du customers get a credit worth AED 320, valid for 30 days.

Each SMS sent by du customers to participate in the contest will cost AED 3 and the winners will be notified by Asianet.