eCompany launches consumer competition on radio to promote Al Shamil broadband Internet service

The competition will run for two weeks and will be hosted on Emirates Radio 2, Emarat FM, AL Khaleejiah, Radio 4 FM and Hum Fm . It will run twice a day from Saturday to Wednesday for one hour in the morning and one hour in the evening with contestants being probed on their knowledge and awareness regarding Al Shamil broadband service for homes and broadband Internet in general.

Listeners who call in and give the correct answers can stand to win attractive prizes ranging from wired modems, Siemens wireless modems, iZone wireless Internet cards and Etisalat GSM Wasel cards. All winners will then go into a draw to win the grand prize of the latest HP Compaq nx 6110 business notebook at the end of the competition with one grand prize winner for each radio station.

According to Abdulla Hashim, Senior Manager, eCompany, "Our aim is to make this competition a memorable one for people who participate and judge at the same time their awareness of the myriad benefits that a high speed Internet access service like Al Shamil can provide in terms of a richer online experience. The attractive prizes on offer for the eventual winners will prove to be an added incentive."

As part of the current promotion, new customers who sign up for AlShamil will enjoy free installation and free subscription for the first full month .They will also get a 50 per cent reduction on the cost of a wireless modem from Siemens with the best security solutions that include Norton Anti Virus, Norton Internet Security,Norton Personal Firewall, Norton Privacy Control, Norton Anti Spam, and Norton Parental Control, all for free.