du launches new broadband speeds up to an unparalleled 24Mbps, the fastest broadband speed in the UAE

In yet another market first, du, the UAE’s integrated telecom service provider, today announced the launch of new broadband speeds up to an unparalleled 24Mbps, the fastest broadband speed in the UAE and the highest broadband speed in the Middle East.

The new broadband speeds will be available to all du customers availing home services. In an unprecedented move, existing du customers who have subscribed to 4 Mbps broadband will get double the broadband speed of 8 Mbps at the same earlier price of AED 449 per month, 8 Mbps broadband customers will get 16 Mbps at a lower price of AED 549 per month and 12 Mbps broadband customers will be upgraded to 24 Mbps at the same earlier price of AED 749 per month, the fastest in the Middle East.

The new broadband packages are useful to meet high-bandwidth requirements such as online gaming, streaming audio and video, high volume data downloads. All the high speed broadband come as a packaged solution, pre-bundled with anti-virus and anti-spyware software to offer the highest levels of security and peace-of-mind while surfing the internet.

Farid Faraidooni, EVP Commercial, du, said: “We pride ourselves in product and service innovation and our latest launch is a result of our continuous efforts to bring the very best available in broadband internet. In an increasingly digitally convergent world, availability of high internet bandwidth is a primary need and with our new broadband packages we are offering more choice, greater value and an unmatched user experience for our home services customers.”

At a glance:

Current broadband packages Package Price(AED/Month) New broadband packages Package Price
(AED/Month)
4 Mbps 449 8 Mbps 449
8 Mbps 599 16 Mbps 549
12 Mbps 749 24 Mbps 749

Each package includes 5 email addresses with 1 GB mailbox size, 20 MB web hosting space and Antivirus & Antispyware.

June 10,2009