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du enables visitors to browse the internet or connect on social media with seamless WiFi connectivity
Dubai – Accessing internet applications just got easier for enthusiastic shoppers in Abu Dhabi with the new rollout of WiFi UAE at Marina Mall. Now you can experience more than just the thrill of shopping – update your social media with pictures or send a quick email to your family and friends all while walking around the mall. Marina Mall visitors have access to seamless, secure, and safe connectivity to the Internet through the choice of either free or premium WiFi. By logging on to WiFi UAE using a UAE mobile, shoppers can choose between the two options – for Internet access to browse, chat, and social applications.
“This is another important step for us to show our support to the UAE smart government by committing ourselves to providing Internet across the country,” said Jihad Tayara, Vice President Business Development and Partnerships, du said. “Staying connected has become an important part of our everyday lives, and so we are providing visitors a seamless, safe connectivity so that they can find and share information and experiences without worry. Our offering of this service to Marina Mall visitors is a step further in expanding our growing footprint in Abu Dhabi.”
“We are in the business of bringing people together to enjoy our mall-wide shopping, dining and entertainment activities, and our new collaboration with du enables us to extend this by bringing even more people together through connectivity. We are pleased to be working with du, and look forward to seeing just how improved connectivity is spreading happiness and enhancing our visitor’s lives,” said Wafa Habbar, Marketing and Events coordinator, Abu Dhabi Marina Mall.
By the end of this year, WiFi UAE expects to enable WiFi connectivity to more than 300 locations. The service offers users two types of Internet connection; Wifi UAE, a free WiFi service with high speed access to government websites and WiFi UAE Premium, an affordable paid service that allows users unrestricted upload and download speed. Any WiFi enabled device can access the free and premium WiFi service.
For more information please visit www.WiFiUAE.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 8 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, 19.75 percent by Mubadala Development Company PJSC, 19.5 percent by Emirates International Telecommunications Company 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:
Maryam Al Balooshi
PR Lead (Corporate) Commercial
du
Mobile: +971559530523
Email: Maryam.AlBalooshi@du.ae
Layal Dalal
Communications Manager
MSLGROUP
Email: layal.dalal@mslgroup.com
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