du and Microsoft launch the 'Let your dream mobile application out' competition

The competition will run from 5 February to 18 March 2008.

The competition is designed to unleash the students' creativity and innovation in developing intelligent mobile application suites around the themes - social networking, lifestyle and environment. This presents an opportunity for all students from Universities in the UAE including members of the du-Microsoft .Net Club at the University of Sharjah, UAE University and the American University of Dubai to discover how far their ideas can really take them while creating a different era of next generation mobile applications.

Osman Sultan, CEO du stressed on du's commitment to giving back to the community and the youth segment in particular, 'Education and career is something we consider an important responsibility. The du-Microsoft .Net Club initiative, co-partnered with Microsoft, has gathered momentum over the past year and is set to play a significant role in providing students with access to career forming opportunities. We have designed this competition to make students a part of the telecom revolution sweeping the UAE. They not only get to showcase their potential but also get recognition and rewards to catapult them into the big league in mobile application development.'

Five winners of the competition stand to win Dhs2000 worth of Plug-Ins voucher besides getting their names acknowledged on the du website.

Last date for submission of entries is 18 March 2008. The 5 winners of the competition will be announced on 25 March 2008.

The recently launched du - Microsoft .Net Club is a community created to familiarize students with the latest technological developments and, above all, provide them the means to tap into their own potential to discover innovative ways for learning and enrich the world around them.