du also announced the names of the winners of the third week of the du SMS Ramadan Challenge. For the week ending 20th September the top scorer won free du talk-time worth AED 5,500 while 55 other winners each received free talk-time worth AED 550.
Sana Abdul Aziz, one of the winners of this week’s quiz, said: “This is a dream come true for me. It really increased my knowledge and challenged it as well. I appreciate this gesture by du."
Mahmood Mahmood Mohammed Ahmed, an Egyptian and another winner of the Ramadan SMS Challenge in third week said: “It feels great to be standing among the winners. I want to thank du for giving this opportunity and their innovative services. I look forward to using more such services from du in the future as they are very different from what we used to have earlier.”
Congratulating the winners, Farid Faraidooni, EVP Commercial du, said: “The du SMS Ramadan Challenge is now into its penultimate week and participation is as strong as ever, if not more. The recent announcement of the grand prize has been an added incentive for further participation. I congratulate the winners this week and wish everyone all future success.”
The popular recently launched du SMS Ramadan Challenge received more than 2.3 million SMS hits during the twenty-seven days of Ramadan.
The competition which is designed to test du customers’ knowledge of Ramadan, the Arabic language and UAE culture has weekly and grand prizes to be won, in addition to free credits for every correct answer. For every ten questions played, du customers receive a bonus of 10 fils. Last week, the grand prize of a luxury vacation worth AED 50,000 for two was announced. The grand prize will be given to the person who is the first to answer maximum number of questions correctly in the shortest response time. The winner will also get a certificate of appreciation from du. The name of the winner will be announced by Oct 12, 2008.
Ramadan with du this year: In-line with the spirit of Ramadan and commitment to community involvement, du is celebrating Ramadan with exciting offers and activities. The entire range of activities is being offered under the theme ‘Little Things Matter’.
Iftar: du is organising Mawaid Al Rahman (Iftar meals open for public) across the UAE viz. Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, Umm Al Quwain, Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah. The air conditioned tents provide free Iftar meals daily within an authentic Ramadan experience, for customers and the wider community.
Mobile Content: In an exclusive partnership with MBC, du is offering MBC’s Pocket Series ‘Rabeh wa Douktora’ to all du customers with 3G enabled mobile phones.
du has also partnered exclusively with the leading Islamic TV Channel ‘Al Majd’ and is offering the channel as part of its mobile TV offering. du launched Internet TV with its initiative of showing Al Majd Channel Streaming LIVE from the www.du.ae/ramadan site.
In addition to this, du customers can continue to enjoy seasons 1 and 2 of the popular animated cartoon series Freej on du mobile TV.
Iftar: du is organising Mawaid Al Rahman (Iftar/Suhoor) in eight locations across the UAE viz. Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, Umm Al Quwain, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah and Ajman. The air conditioned tents provide free Iftar meals daily within an authentic Ramadan experience, for customers and the wider community.
More details on du’s Ramadan activities can be accessed at www.du.ae/ramadan