du wins best Satellite Services Innovation of the Year Award

18/04/2016 15:02 AST

du has been awarded the best Satellite Services Innovation of the Year award at the 12th annual Digital Studio Awards held recently at Conrad Dubai.

Last year, the UAE telecommunications company integrated its Broadcast and Telecom assets to create a world-class media platform and support the growth of the industry throughout the Middle East. du’s media platform enables seamless content distribution over satellite through its Samacom Teleport, and Over The Top (OTT) through the datamena ICT hub. For the first time, Broadcasters can manage all of their distribution from one platform in the region, which simplifies the operation and increases their control over their content. The platform has established itself as a hub for content distribution in the region as it empowers various members of the Media ecosystem - including broadcasters, telecom and cloud service providers, as well as content owners and vendors - to meet, connect and exchange services amongst one another.

“At du we are actively diversifying our business by pursuing new revenue streams for the benefit of entire communities. We are providing a simple solution for our customers to reach their end-customers. By focusing on the customer rather than on the technology, we are evolving our own business model and ultimately innovating the experience for our customers. This win is testament to the fact that we are getting it right, and we will continue to pursue the path to excellence in the future,” said Abou Moustafa - Vice President Enterprise Managed Services & datamena.

The Digital Studio Awards bring industry professionals together and showcase industry excellence for the TV, film and broadcast production sectors in the Middle East. This year’s edition attracted over 300 senior figures from the region’s studios, broadcasters, pre-production and post-production facilities. du was previously awarded the Satellite Services Provider of the Year for 2013 and 2014.



About du

We started operating in 2007, offering mobile and fixed telephony, broadband connectivity and IPTV services. Today, we serve more than 7.5 million individual customers and over 80,000 businesses in the UAE. We also provide carrier services for businesses and satellite up/downlink services for TV broadcasters.

We won the Gallup Great Workplace Award. Our recruitment strategy aims to provide fulfilling opportunities for quality talent in a cosmopolitan working environment where more than 60 nationalities work 35% of which are Emiratis. We are the first telecom company in the world to release a Sustainability Report based on GRI-G4 comprehensive guidelines. Among our other laurels, we also have the credit of being the first in the UAE to be awarded with prestigious LEED Platinum certification for 2 of our green retail outlet.

du is 39.5 percent owned by Emirates Investment Authority, 20.08 percent by Mubadala Development Company PJSC, 19.5 percent by Emirates Communications and Technology LLC and the remaining by public shareholders. Listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM), the company trades under the name ‘du’.

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