Dubai, UAE: If you’re travelling outside the UAE, there’s one essential you can’t forget – Easy Roaming, from du! Activate the offer on your du mobile to enjoy calling, SMS and data rates in 45 top destination countries for no more than you’d pay when calling family and friends when in the UAE!
With Easy Roaming activated, du’s mobile customers enjoy great savings on voice SMS and Data communications while roaming on the preferred networks. What is even more attractive is that Easy Roaming can be availed without a roaming deposit. Opt in is free till 31 December 2013.
Fahad Al Hassawi, Chief Commercial Officer, du, said: “With the holiday season upon us, many people will be travelling abroad to their favourite destinations. At this time of year connecting with loved ones is especially important, and Easy Roaming helps them stay in touch with their family and friends without having to worry about coming home to a huge bill! We’ve partnered with more than 100 operators in 45 of the most popular destinations for UAE travellers, to help our customers stay in touch with the things that matter most to them.”
Rates enjoyed with Easy Roaming are as follows:
| AED per minute | |
| Local Calls (calls within the visiting country) | 0.30 |
| Incoming Calls | 1.25 |
| SMS | 0.60 |
| Calls back home (to the UAE) | 2.40 |
| International calls (calls outside of visiting country) | 2.40 |
Customers can stay connected to the internet with Easy Roaming data packages starting at just AED50.
| Data Bundle | Price (AED) | Validity |
| 100 MB | 50 | 1 day |
| 1 GB | 200 | 1 week |
| 1 GB | 500 | 1 month |
| Post-paid customers can add a new data bundle or check a current bundle’s validity by visiting du’s mobile portal, http://mydata.du.ae | ||
| Pay as you Go® customers can add a new data bundle by dialling *135*20# and check their balance by dialling *135# | ||
To enjoy Easy Roaming, customers must opt-in for the service by SMSing ‘Easy’, free of charge to 5102, either while in the UAE or abroad. Both post-paid and Pay as you Go® customers can enjoy Easy Roaming for an activation fee of AED10 from January 2014.
Easy roaming rates are available in 45 countries worldwide, on Easy Roaming partner networks. To view a full list of countries and Easy Roaming partner networks, visit www.du.ae/easyroaming.
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