Microsoft and du Launch the (Let your dream mobile application out)

Creating a new platform for young and talented scientific minds, du, the UAE’s new telecom operator and Microsoft have joined hands to organise the ‘Let your dream mobile application out’ Competition for all students of Colleges and Universities in the UAE. The competition will run from 5 February to 18 March 2008.

The competition is designed to unleash the students’ creativity and innovation in developing intelligent mobile application suites around the themes – social networking, lifestyle and environment. This presents an opportunity for all students from Universities in the UAE including members of the du-Microsoft .Net Club at the University of Sharjah, UAE University and the American University of Dubai to discover how far their ideas can really take them while creating a different era of next generation mobile applications.

Osman Sultan, CEO du stressed on du’s commitment to giving back to the community and the youth segment in particular: “Education and career is something we consider an important responsibility. The du-Microsoft .Net Club initiative, co-partnered with Microsoft, has gathered momentum over the past year and is set to play a significant role in providing students with access to career forming opportunities. We have designed this competition to make students a part of the telecom revolution sweeping the UAE. They not only get to showcase their potential but also get recognition and rewards to catapult them into the big league in mobile application development.”

Five winners of the competition stand to win AED 2000 worth of Plug-Ins voucher besides getting their names acknowledged on the du website

February 6,2008