du’s ’Real Business Broadband’ Offers UAE Businesses Up To 8 Times More Broadband At No Extra Cost

Continuing to provide its fixed business customers with exceptional value for their money, du announced today it will be upgrading all its Business Broadband Unlimited service customers to ‘Real Business Broadband’, a plan offering higher speeds (up to 8 times) at no extra cost and exclusive international calling benefits. Business customers will be able to call the world as low as AED1 per minute all day, every day and enjoy up to 70% discount on international calls on their Business Voice services.

“We are committed to helping businesses in the UAE lower their telecommunications costs enabling companies to compete more efficiently in this ever-challenging global business environment. du’s ‘Real Business Broadband’ offers the highest speeds on the UAE’s best network at best prices”, said Farid Faraidooni, chief commercial officer, du.

“In today’s fast-paced world quick access to information at all times is crucial. du understands this and is keen on offering value-driven and efficient products and services for all our business customers needs. ‘Real Business Broadband’ will provide the region’s work force with the best possible telecommunication solutions, helping SMEs and large enterprises in the UAE to continue to grow and develop,” concluded Faraidooni, chief commercial officer, du.

For more information on the ‘Real Business Broadband’ upgrade, customers can contact du Sales Representative, call the du Business Customer Care line on 800 188 or email inquiries to business.customercare@du.ae.
 

du’s Real Broadband For All

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.

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.

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.
 

Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate Announces Completion Of New Building At Dubai Silicon Oasis

Employees of the InterContinental Hotels Group Dubai Festival City move into new accommodation which was inaugurated recently. Designed by renowned local architects Architectural & Engineering Innovations Bureau (AEIB) and constructed by Al-Futtaim Carillion and Al-Futtaim Engineering, the new buildings – three in all – consists of 414 apartments with a mix of 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom and 3 bedroom apartments, and provide accommodation for all staff up to management level.

Amenities include an all day dining room, a hair salon, and prayer rooms alongside recreational facilities consisting of three swimming pools, a fully equipped gymnasium, television, internet and games rooms. The building will be managed by Al-Futtaim Real Estate.

Seen above during the inauguration are Tom Lord, hotel manager for Crowne Plaza Dubai Festival City; Steven Greenwood, hotel manager for InterContinental Dubai Festival City; Tom Meyer, Area GM for InterContinental Hotels Group Dubai Festival City; Bill Car, Director of Engineering MEA; Ken Flockhart, Advisor to CEO, Al Futtaim; Dave Lawrence, VP Compensation & Benefits EMEA; Jenny Atkinson, VP HR UK & Ireland and Pascal Gauvin, VP Operations – Gulf.