Al Futtaim Carillon adopt du business plans in key strategic partnership

•         du and Al-Futtaim Carillion pen a new deal at GITEX Technology Week 2015
•         Al-Futtaim Carillion migrates all lines to du
•         du provides attractive national and international business call rates with Call Select Business

Dubai, UAE, 19 October 2015: du, the region’s fastest growing telecommunications provider, welcomed Al-Futtaim Carillion, a joint venture company between international support services company Carillion and United Arab Emirates-based Al-Futtaim Group, as its new enterprise customer at GITEX Technology Week 2015. In line with the new deal, Al-Futtaim Carillion will migrate all lines to du, as well as benefit from du’s Call Select Business service.

“Connectivity drives business in our cosmopolitan world, and we’re very pleased to welcome Al-Futtaim Carillion on board as the newest member of our enterprise customer family. Al-Futtaim Carillion and its employees will benefit greatly from the quality of our telephony services,” said Hany Aly, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Business, du. “Our aim is to comprehensively address the connectivity requirements of our new customer so that they can continue to conduct business using the best-in-breed products and services, which we provide.”

Abid Shah, Al-Futtaim Carillion Chief Information Officer, said: “Al Futtaim Carillion are delighted to engage in a long term telecommunications partnership with du.  Technology is core to our business, underpinning our success in delivering consistent, world class projects to our client base. The du enterprise partnership will bolster our existing communications landscape enabling us to add real value to key communications services across our business.”

du’s Call Select Business service allows landline customers on alternate networks to choose to make their national and international calls with du, using their existing landline number. Along with attractive call rates, Pay by the Second® billing, and round the clock customer care, du also ensures incredible savings on national and international calls.

Earlier this year, du announced the successful introduction of the first LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) live network in the UAE, making it the very first telco with CAT-6* ready LTE network in the country. This reiterates du’s staunch commitment to offering its customers the best products and solutions over the fastest networks.