Etisalat & Du Group

Once you land in the UAE or any country to operate Mobile for communication, you have two options: either roaming at your existing SIM card or buying a new SIM card from UAE. Two companies are doing great in the UAE at the moment;

• Etisalat Group
• Du Group

I will try to cover both services, and then it’s up to you how you go along with these.

Networks in Qatar

Etisalat Group

Etisalat Group is not only in the UAE but also one of the leading telecom groups worldwide. It is the first one in UAE and was started 4 decades ago hence got authority with time. It has over 143 million users across Fifteen countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.

Today Etisalat boasts of a portfolio of brands such as

• Mobily – KSA
• Maroc Telecom – Morocco
• Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) – Pakistan
• Etisalat Misr – Egypt
• Etisalat Afghanistan – Afghanistan

In May 2018, the Etisalat group was launched the first commercial 5G wireless network in the UAE & Expo 2020 is the target for all MENA regions.

Etisalat Internet Data Plans

This the most common one and nowadays the most popular plan are;

Etisalat Monthly Packages | Prepaid Voice and Data

Etisalat Monthly Packages | Only Data

Useful Etisalat Codes:

• Check balance prepaid users – Dial *121# or Dial 121
• Check balance postpaid users – Dial *140#
• Use Mobile Pay feature to recharge – Dial *123#
• Transfer credit – Dial *100*Mobile no.*amount#

Etisalat Help Line

Parking Payment by SMS

Etisalat users can pay to park in Dubai, Sharjah & Abu Dhabi

• Dubai: <Plate No.><space><Zone No.><space><Duration in hrs>, Send an SMS to 7275
• Sharjah: Plate source<space>Plate number, SMS to 5566
• Abu Dhabi: Plate Category<space>PlateNumber<space>Tariff<space><Duration in hrs> OR  Nickname<space>Tariff<space><Duration in hrs>, SMS to 3009

But make sure before using these services you have to register RTA first.

Read More: How to get Emirates ID

DU Group

It is a Dubai-based company and was founded in 2006. It seems quite new than the Etisalat group but still got the authority as it is owned jointly by the UAE government, Mubadala, Dubai Holding, and public shareholders.

Du has more than 8 million individual customers and over 80,000 business customers across the UAE. DU also offers other services which make it more worthy across the globe;

• Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat)
• Injazat Data Systems (Injazat)
• Khazna Data Centers (Khazna)

DU Internet Data Plans

Let get straight into the internet packages as calling packages are almost constant, and nobody is interested in them.

DU has three types of basic plans;

1. Prepaid Du Plan
2. Post Paid Du Plan
3. Tourist Du Plan

Prepaid Du Plan

This the most common one and nowadays the most popular plan are;

DU Monthly Packages | Prepaid Voice and Data

Post Paid Du Plan

DU local and international plans for postpaid are;

DU Monthly Packages | 12 Months Contract

Tourist Du Plan

• Pay AED 25 & you will get 150 MB data for 3 Days |10 Flexi minutes
• Pay AED 55 & you will get 500 MB data for 7 Days | 20 Flexi minutes
• Pay AED 110& you will get 2 GB data for 14 days | 40 Flexi minutes

No VAT or any tax for this package 🙂

DU Help Line