27 August 2015
Game like a pro with the country's fastest broadband

Dubai - du, the fastest growing telecommunications provider in the Middle East, now offers the fastest home broadband download speeds of up to 1Gbps in the country, for du Talk, Surf and Watch subscribers, adding life-to-life by offering a seamless gaming and home entertainment experience.

"Our customer is at the very core of all our innovative offerings and, by providing the fastest consumer service in the UAE, we are adding value to their lives, something we continue to achieve time and time again," said Fahad Al Hassawi, Chief Commercial Officer, du. "We have also identified a growing segment within our consumer base which is part of the emerging gaming community in the UAE. They require faster upload speeds and, as we have no customer traffic management, we offer the best gaming experience."

All Home service customers can now choose to enjoy higher upload speeds. New and existing du broadband customers can subscribe to the Talk, Surf & Watch Ultra Plan and experience 1Gbps lightning-fast fibre broadband download and 100 Mbps upload speeds. In addition, existing du customers on our Max Plan will automatically have their higher upload speeds increase from 10 Mbps to 24 Mbps.  Higher upload speeds combined with no customer traffic management offer the best gaming experience.

For more information on the latest offers or to subscribe to one of the exceptional services offered by du, please visit one of our stores or online at www.du.ae.

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About du
We started operating in 2007, offering mobile and fixed telephony, broadband connectivity and IPTV services. Today, we serve more than 7.5 million individual customers and over 80,000 businesses in the UAE. We also provide carrier services for businesses and satellite up/downlink services for TV broadcasters.

We won the Gallup Great Workplace Award. Our recruitment strategy aims to provide fulfilling opportunities for quality talent in a cosmopolitan working environment where more than 60 nationalities work 35% of which are Emiratis. We are the first telecom company in the world to release a Sustainability Report based on GRI-G4 comprehensive guidelines. Among our other laurels, we also have the credit of being the first in the UAE to be awarded with prestigious LEED Platinum certification for 2 of our green retail outlet.

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 by public shareholders. Listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM), the company trades under the name 'du'.

For further information, please contact:
Saugat Chatterjee
PR Lead (B2B)
Brand & Communications
du
Mobile: +971559367045
Email: Saugat.Chatterjee@du.ae

Paramita Chakrabarti
LeoComm PR
Tel: +971 4 367 6159
Mobile: +971 55 6088674
Fax: +971 4 367 2615
Email: paramita.chakrabarti@leocommpr.com

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