Started in 2006, the Emirates Integrated Telecommunications company or DU is a Dubai-based telecom operator that provides mobile and fixed telephony, broadband connectivity and IPTV services to people, homes and businesses all over the UAE. It also provides carrier services, a data hub, Internet exchange facilities and satellite services for broadcasters.
The company is headquartered in Al Salam Tower in Dubai Media City. This office is supported by four other offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi as well as a call centre in Fujairah and several warehouses across the country. DU reaches out to its 7.24 million mobile customers through a network of over 52 DU shops, more than 10,000 authorised dealers and the e-shop.
BLAZE TO BRILLIANCE
FACTOIDS
- Started in 2006, DU claims to have more than 6.5 million mobile customers, 555,000 fixed line subscribers, 180,000 home services subscribers and over 70,000 business subscribers
- The company’s revenues increased by 9.7 per cent year-on-year to AED 10.80 billion in 2013
- It got the Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) Award for recycling the maximum quantity of paper
In the past eight years, the company has grown in both size and strength. It employs around 2000 people belonging to more than 65 different nationalities. The company claims to have more than 6.5 million mobile customers, 555,000 fixed line subscribers, 180,000 home services subscribers and over 70,000 business subscribers. DU’s annual revenue exceeds AED 10 billion.
FAITH FACTOR
DU brought a vital aspect of choice to telcommunication users in the United Arab Emirates as the second operator in the market. Today, it is one of the UAE’s most loved brands and a reliable provider of mobile and fixed telephony, broadband connectivity and IPTV services to millions of individuals and homes, as well as thousands of businesses.
The company has shown strong financial growth and revenues increased by 9.7 per cent year-on-year to AED 10.80 billion in 2013. It achieved good revenue growth and healthy levels of profitability driven by its strategic focus on higher value segments of the market and greater operational efficiency.
ENGAGEMENT THAT ENTHRALS
As a responsible corporate citizen, DU works towards improving lives and inspires better living through its wide-ranging community and social development initiatives. It encourages and supports learning opportunities for its employees as well as the community. It nurtures tomorrow’s leaders through a range of programmes and university associations. The company also helps foster entrepreneurial spirit in the UAE through tailored mobile solutions, engagement programmes, funding and franchising. It also created the nation’s first reality TV show which provided seed funding and mentorship to creative entrepreneurs.
INNOVEDGE
Innovation at DU is driven by a responsible, long-sighted approach to provide equitable access to technology for all, while also upholding social values of community well-being, transparency and minimising its environmental impact. The company has started increasingly using renewable and alternative sources of energy, and has taken proactive steps to recycle more. In 2013, DU measured its GHG emissions (a first by any telecom company in the region) and increased its attention towards a more responsible supply chain.
BRAND PROMISE
DU Telecom was placed first in Standard & Poor’s new Hawkamah Pan Arab Environment, Social and Corporate Governance Index. It was also adjudged the ‘Best Investor Relations by CFO for Middle East (2010)’ by Middle East Investor Relations Society. DU won ‘Honorary Customer Delight Award’ from The Secretariat of the Middle East & North Africa Customer Delight Award and the Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) Award for recycling the maximum quantity of paper.
