 Etisalat , the government @-@ owned telecommunications provider , held a virtual monopoly over telecommunication services in Dubai prior to the establishment of other , smaller telecommunications companies such as Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company ( EITC — better known as Du ) in 2006 . Internet was introduced into the UAE ( and therefore Dubai ) in 1995 . The network has an Internet bandwidth of 7 @.@ 5 Gbit / s with capacity of 49 STM1 links . Dubai houses two of four Domain Name System ( DNS ) data centres in the country ( DXBNIC1 , DXBNIC2 ) . Censorship is common in Dubai and used by the government to control content that it believes violates the cultural and political sensitivities of Emirates . Homosexuality , drugs , and the theory of evolution are generally considered taboo . 
