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This article has been tagged since June 2006. | du is a telecommunications company in the in the United Arab Emirates. Legal name Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC) commercially rebranded as du in February 2006. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Location of Dubai in the UAE Coordinates: , Country Emirate Dubai Incorporated (town) June 9, 1833 Incorporated (emirate) December 2, 1971 Founder Maktoum bin Bati bin Suhail (1833) Seat Dubai Subdivisions Towns and villages Jebel Ali Hatta Al Hunaiwah Al Aweer Al Hajarain Al Lusayli Al Marqab Al Shindagha Al Faq...
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It is 40 percent owned by the UAE Federal Government, 20% by Mubadala Development Company, 20% by TECOM Investments and 20% by public shareholders. It is listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and trades under the name du. The Mubadala Development Company (Arabic:شركة مبادلة للتنمية) is a state owned company of the Abu Dhabi government in the United Arab Emirates. ...
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du currently provides fixed line, Internet and pay TV services over ethernet in some of the free zones of Dubai, following its purchase of TECOM Investments' telecom assets. Location of Dubai in the UAE Coordinates: , Country Emirate Dubai Incorporated (town) June 9, 1833 Incorporated (emirate) December 2, 1971 Founder Maktoum bin Bati bin Suhail (1833) Seat Dubai Subdivisions Towns and villages Jebel Ali Hatta Al Hunaiwah Al Aweer Al Hajarain Al Lusayli Al Marqab Al Shindagha Al Faq...
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du launched its mobile service on February 11, 2007 with call tariffs almost identical to that of Etisalat, thus eliminating any possibility of a price war between the two incumbent UAE telcos.
du now offers pay by the second where users pay 0.5 fils for every second
The phone code for du mobile phone numbers is 055- XXXXXXX.
du features a SIM-AT menu called "MyWorld". Breaking news, the current headlines, or jokes and riddles in both English and Arabic can be accessed through this service for a small fee. It also includes "Smart Roaming" or just "Roaming" for quickly activating international roaming on your phone.
Criticisms The UAE telecoms market is highly restricted, with both major players being largely government owned. There is little real competition, especially in internet services, with the choice of provider generally being determined by geographic location. du typically has a monopoly with freezones, while Etisalat has a monopoly elsewhere. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ...
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Around 11.15 AM January 30, 2008, a ship's anchor apparently severed fibre optic cables between Palermo, Italy, and Alexandria, Egypt. Providers across the Middle East and as far as India and Pakistan were heavily affected with a significant slowdown of communications reported. Du was taken completely off-line for hours, with many users not having any connectivity until 2 days later. Given the monopoly position of Du in free zones, companies in Dubai Internet City and Dubai Media City were unable to have any alternative connectivity in place.
Censorship  Users who tried to access a blocked web page were initially redirected to du's first block page. As rendered in the Opera web browser In March 2008, Du began blocking VOIP traffic, preventing customers from using VOIP systems. The blocking is justified on the grounds that Du has invested heavily in international calls which provide the major source of revenue. An image created by using POV-Ray 3. ...
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On April 14, 2008, Du started instituting the same widespread censorship of the web that has been practiced by Etisalat for some years. Any attempt to access content deemed 'inappropriate' by the UAE censor results in a 'blocked' page. As well as pornography, blocking includes blogs, forums and news articles that are critical of the UAE, as well as a proportion of sites that seem to be accidentally blocked as they have no obviously controversial content. Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, also known as Etisalat (former Emirtel), is the incumbent telecommunications carrier and Internet Service Provider in the United Arab Emirates. ...
The censorship also applies to Dubai Media City and Dubai Internet City, where news organizations BBC and Reuters are located, as well as major IT companies such as Microsoft, Sony Ericsson and IBM. For other uses, see Censor. ...
Main Buildings at Dubai Media City Dubai Media City on 1 May 2007 Dubai Media City (DMC) part of Dubai Holding is a tax free zone within Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ...
The Microsoft sign at the entrance of the Dubai Microsoft campus, Dubai Internet City. ...
 Screenshot depciting du's second variant of it's block page, as renderd by the Opera Web Browser The UAE proxy can be bypassed by various methods including by setting up a VPN to connect securely to a server in a free country such as the USA. Various US companies offer VPN services for around $15 per month, and the setup process is very simple. This restores full uncensored internet access, with the advantage that UAE authorities cannot 'snoop' on the traffic. All internet software such as VOIP and peer-to-peer download programs will also work. While the UAE may block access to the web sites companies providing VPN services to try to prevent UAE users being able to setup the services, it is possible to get trusted family members overseas to make the credit card transaction for you and supply you with the account details. Opera is a cross-platform internet software suite consisting of a web browser, e-mail/news client, address book, newsfeed reader, IRC chat client, and download manager. ...
A Virtual Private Network, or VPN, is a private communications network usually used within a company, or by several different companies or organizations, communicating over a public network. ...
As of 11th April 2008 Skype VOIP calls were possible over the Du network, however the connection speed was slow and voice / video calls were repeatedly dropped. In addition at various times since then the BBC news network has been prohibited and a 'blocked' page displayed.
See also Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, also known as Etisalat (former Emirtel), is the incumbent telecommunications carrier and Internet Service Provider in the United Arab Emirates. ...
Telephones - main lines in use: 915,223 (1998) Telephones - mobile cellular: 1 million (1999) Telephone system: modern system consisting of microwave radio relay and coaxial cable; key centers are Abu Dhabi and Dubai domestic: microwave radio relay and coaxial cable international: satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and...
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