du felicitated for its strategic support of the 4th Majid Bin Mohammed Youth Media Award

Press release

Published May 22nd, 2011 - 12:15 GMT

Sheikh Mansour Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum presenting a plaque to Farid Faraidooni, Chief Commercial Officer of du

du was felicitated in recognition of its strategic support of the 4^th Majid Bin Mohammed Youth Media Award for the second consecutive year. HH Sheikh Mansour Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum presented a plaque to Farid Faraidooni, Chief Commercial Officer of du. During the event, Farid Faraidooni also presented awards to the top three winners of the Video Award.

“I would like to commend H.H Sheikh Majid Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum for his efforts and dedication towards nurturing these young Emirati nationals and offer our continued support to this initiative. We are delighted to support the Majid Bin Mohammed Youth Media Award as they develop the next generation of Emirati media professionals. It was encouraging to see many talented and aspiring media candidates during the event who will eventually lead to support local media,” commented Farid Faraidooni, Chief Commercial Officer, du.

The Majid Bin Mohammed Youth Media Award aims to assist and encourage the new generation of young Emiratis to develop and improve their talents and skills to better equip them to enter the media sector. The award categories include Journalism, Video, Photojournalism, Graphic Design, and TV/Radio Host.

Background Information

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (du)

Ever since we opened for business in 2006, we have worked hard to enhance and expand our bouquet of services in an industry that is at the heart of economic and social transformation. Bringing people and businesses together is what we do best, offering mobile and fixed telephony, broadband connectivity and IPTV services to people, homes and businesses all over the UAE. We also provide carrier services, a data hub, internet exchange facilities and satellite services for broadcasters.