Awards and achievements

 
  
 

 

Placed first in Standard & Poor’s new Hawkamah Pan Arab ESG Index:  The ranking comes as a result of our sustained efforts to enhancing corporate governance standards within the company and community.

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Best Investor Relations by CFO for Middle East (2010), Middle East Investor Relations Society: The rankings were determined after polling of 200 financial professionals around the world, with the overall results audited by the accounting firm Deloitte.

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Asset Management & Corporate Administration

  • BS ISO 14001:2004
  • BS OHSAS 18001:2007
  • Emirates Environmental Group (EEG) Award for recycling the maximum quantity of paper

Supply Chain Management

  • CIPS certification

Other awards

  • du receives CSR Label from Dubai Chamber in recognition of CSR efforts and for giving back to the community it serve
  • 2012 Corporate Governance Award from UK’s World Finance magazine
  • I Green IT award from Ontario centers of excellence (Walid Kamal, Girish Thekkepalazhi)
  • SAMENA names du 'Best Local Content Provider of 2011'
  • ‘Employer of the Year’ in the semi-government organisations category
  • Osman Sultan named the CEO of the Year – Telecommunications, at the 4th CEO Middle East Awards 2011
  • ISO 9001-2008 certification for Network Development programme
  • Best Content Delivery award for its revolutionary TV services at Digital Studio Awards 2010
  • ISO 9001:2008 certification for Service Delivery and Consulting as per international quality standards
  • Two awards at Cisco Networkers 2010: The Most Innovative Service Provider: Service Offering of the Year, and the award for The Most Innovative Mobility Project
  • The prestigious ISO 27001:2005 for Information Security Management System
  • Selected a UAE Superbrand, voted for by over 2,500 professionals against strict criteria laid down by the Superbrands Council
  • IS Security Architecture award during renowned Architecture World Conference 2010
  • IPTV service recognised with Metropolitan Infrastructure Innovation award at Global Telecoms Business Awards 2010
  • 2010 UAE Product Line Leadership Award for Innovation in Business Mobile
  • Osman Sultan named as one of the 100 most powerful executives in telecoms throughout the world by Global Telecoms Business in the publication’s GTBPower 100 List 2010
  • Broadcast services director Mohamed Saeed Al Shahi made his mark in Middle East’s Digital Broadcast power list at number 18 for his efforts in broadcast technology and service innovation.
  • Our state of the art teleport Samacom, the leading regional operator of satellite support services throughout the Middle East and Asia, ranked among the top teleports in the world by the World Teleport Association Independent Top Twenty awards
  • SME Stars of Business Awards 2010: we werechosen as the best provider in the category ‘ICT support and services’ for business. The award celebrated our success in providing top-of-the-line ICT-related support and services aimed towards SME business customers.
  • Telecommunications Deployment of the year award at the ICT Achievement Awards 2010, acknowledging our cutting-edge End-to-End Security Strategy programme