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Dubai, UAE: In line with the UAE’s smart city vision for a sustainable future, du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), is collaborating with NXN (Formerly Nexgen), a thought leader in smart cities and next generation technology innovation domains, to bring smart energy management solutions to buildings and facilities across the UAE. The partnership will help achieve optimal energy efficiency metrics that adhere to environmental legislation, as well as delivering extensive facility intelligence through a universal dashboard that seamlessly manages and monitors energy consumption in buildings.
du's partnership with NXN provides advanced facility intelligence functionality that can be overseen on a single platform to help users monitor, validate, predict, and control all energy-related expenses while informing users’ decisions regarding energy use and allocation. Their collaborative solutions will offer real-time management and monitoring of energy assets from an Integrated Operations Centre (IOC) using connectivity and end-to-end solutions by du to operate on a NXN powered platform.
“At du, our environmental sustainability is based on integrity and transparency. These are among our top business commitments as we make progress in Smart City transformation. Reducing energy use and water and electricity consumption is an undeniably vital component of building a sustainable future, and a driving force behind the environmental initiatives being executed all over the UAE today,” said Jihad Tayara, VP – ICT Commercial, du. “By joining hands with a reliable partner such as NXN, we are combining unique tools and expertise at our disposal, to offer cloud based energy management solutions by offering Energy Management as a Service from our world class data centre in the UAE.”
“As a company invested in the smart city future of the UAE, we believe that smart technologies and sustainability go hand-in-hand,” said Labib Matta, Chief Business officer, NXN. “As such, it is critically important to develop and implement the connected solutions that will help us achieve both of these things in the near future. We are delighted to partner with a forward thinking company such as du and leverage each other’s synergies to offer data-driven energy management solutions to enable businesses across UAE to optimise energy consumption, reduce costs and increase sustainability of assets. Our Smart Energy portfolio offers a range of turnkey and customisable solutions across all sectors that will help customers achieve their energy management goals,” Matta added.
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About du
du is a vibrant and multiple award-winning telecommunications service provider serving 9 million individual customers with its mobile, fixedline, broadband internet, and Home services over its 4G LTE network. du also caters to over 100,000 UAE businesses with its vast range of ICT and managed services. Since its launch in 2007, du has many UAE firsts to its credit, including introduction of Pay by the Second® billing system, IPTV and self-service portal. du is ideally placed to support the realisation of UAE Vision 2021 and transformation of Dubai into a Smart City. du is also the official strategic partner of the Smart Dubai Office and the platform provider for Smart Dubai.
Brand Finance ranked du as the 12th most valuable brand in the Middle East in 2016. du previously won the coveted Brand of the year title by Superbrands Middle East in 2013. The company has been recognised with several other awards such as ISO 27001 certification of Managed Security Services and having the distinction of opening UAE’s first LEED Platinum Certified Green Shop. du also has the unique distinction of the first telecom in the world to release Sustainability Report based on GRI-G4 guidelines in 2014. du is also credited with du’s world-class teleport is the largest of its kind in the Middle East and ranked among the top teleports in the world by World Teleport Association.
du is 39.5 percent owned by Emirates Investment Authority, 19.75 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’.
Media contact:
Saugat Chatterjee
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Email: Saugat.chatterjee@du.ae
About NXN
NXN, formerly neXgen, is dedicated to orchestrating the evolution of cities into smart connected environments by planning , building, and managing digital transformation services across all industries through NXN's digital transformation platform DNX. NXN’s smart energy managWement portfolio. provides comprehensive, real-time reporting and visibility of the critical energy measures, enabling organizations to make fully informed energy management decisions.
