UAE's du acquires licence to operate Virgin Mobile service

By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' second largest telecoms company has acquired a licence from British entrepreneur Richard Branson's privately owned Virgin Group to operate Virgin Mobile-branded services in the country. Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Co (EITC), the holding company of operator du , will launch services using the Virgin Mobile brand in the UAE "within weeks," EITC's chief executive Osman Sultan said on Tuesday.