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du in talks on fixed-line services with regulator
DUBAI - Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Co., known as Du, is in talks with the United Arab Emirates' telecoms regulator and competitor Emirates Telecommunications Corp., or Etisalat, about providing fixed-line services across the country.
- PUBLISHED: Thu 3 Apr 2008, 9:30 AM UPDATED: Mon 2 Sept 2024, 3:19 PM
"We are still in talks with the regulator and Etisalat to get access to the existing national infrastructure so that all U.A.E. customers have a choice of two providers,'' du Chief Executive Officer Osman Sultan said in an interview in Shanghai yesterday.
Du, which said it had 46,000 fixed-line subscribers on Feb. 14, was given a licence in 2006 to compete with Etisalat. It
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currently only has access to customers in some new residential developments and tax-free business parks.