![Watched by Sheikh Rashid, the British political resident, Donald Hawley, inaugurates Dubai's telephone service on July 29, 1960. Lady Ruth Hawley](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/3L5MIUWSWIKL5UNP454LK2G2PE.jpg?smart=true&auth=48419a5148490adbcd833067db6d20b8e711ffd9b7edead67c5a35478a1d241c&width=400&height=225)
Watched by Sheikh Rashid, the British political resident, Donald Hawley, inaugurates Dubai's telephone service on July 29, 1960. Lady Ruth Hawley
Watched by Sheikh Rashid, the British political resident, Donald Hawley, inaugurates Dubai's telephone service on July 29, 1960. Lady Ruth Hawley
Timeframe: The phone call that marked the founding of the UAE telecommunications services
In 1974, a direct telephone service between Abu Dhabi and Dubai was inaugurated with a phone call between Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid