{"id":1888,"date":"2020-03-21T12:47:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T08:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techxmedia.com\/?p=1888"},"modified":"2025-04-18T02:07:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T22:07:31","slug":"du-increases-internet-speeds-500mbps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/du-increases-internet-speeds-500mbps\/","title":{"rendered":"du increases internet speeds up to 500Mbps for free"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company<\/a> (EITC), has announced the availability of new services to provide customers with reliable and unlimited access to everything they require in the world of communication from the comfort of their homes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

du is offering its customers\nonline and digital services that include free delivery to their homes within 24\nhours when placing orders through the du App or website.  Meanwhile, new and existing home customers\nwill enjoy a free upgrade on internet speeds of up to 500Mbps, and be able to\ncommunicate with their loved ones for free through the internet calling\napplication, Voico UAE. Furthermore, du is also allowing customers to enjoy\nvideo-on-demand services with hundreds of free movies, in addition to the\nbenefits and services experienced through Amazon Prime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health and safety of UAE\nresidents is top priority<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fahad Al Hassawi, Deputy CEO \u2013\nTelco Services, EITC, said: \u201cThis latest step reaffirms our commitment to\ncontribute towards the national endeavours to ensure the health and safety of\nall residents during this time. As a leading UAE company, we care about the\nwell-being of our people and communities. This pledge complements du\u2019s recently\nlaunched initiative to support educational institutions in remote learning and\nenable business communities to work remotely with enhanced efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harnessing all resources and\nexpertise <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Hassawi added: \u201cProviding\nvaried and substantial support to the UAE population is at the core of our\noperations and forms part of the strategic vision that du has followed since\nits establishment. This enables everyone to seamlessly communicate and fulfil\ntasks and responsibilities without being affected by the temporary and\nexceptional circumstances the worldwide community is currently witnessing.\nUltimately, our mission is to harness all our resources and expertise to ensure\nthat everyone has the ability to communicate smoothly regardless of\ncircumstances or time of day. At this time, it is important that all residents\nstay in their homes and abide by the directions and recommendations of the UAE\nGovernment to ensure the health and safety of themselves and others.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

du services for customers also include\nthe ability to easily accomplish many of the services they need online through\nthe du App or website, such as buying a prepaid or forward payment chip, buying\ndevices in monthly installments or at a direct retail price, subscribing to\nhome communication services, switching the communication chip or moving from corporate\npackages to retail packages, and much more. As part of du free home services,\ncustomers can enjoy many of Amazon Prime\u2019s purchasing and entertainment\nprivileges and benefits including next-day delivery service when shopping at\nAmazon.com, as well as access to Amazon Prime movie originals, free games and\nother perks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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du is offering its customers online and digital services that include free delivery to their homes within 24 hours when placing orders through the du App or website. Meanwhile, new and existing home customers will enjoy a free upgrade on internet speeds of up to 500Mbps, and be able to communicate with their loved ones for free through the internet calling application, Voico UAE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":9062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9624,9654],"tags":[723,724,576,712,262,734,267,909,945],"contributor":[],"class_list":["post-1888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smart-sectors","category-telecom-industry-news","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid_19","tag-digital_transformation","tag-digitization","tag-du","tag-du_telecommunication","tag-eitc","tag-internet_speed","tag-quarantine"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/du-techxmedia.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Rabab","author_link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/author\/rabab\/"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1888"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}