An Overwhelming response to CyberTalk
Oman’s first and only Information & Communication Technology Radio Talk
Program, CyberTalk, has received tremendous response from the public since it
was introduced last year jointly between the Ministry of Information and Tariq
Hilal Al-Barwani, Oman’s promininet IT Expert.
“Our programme has attracted a lot of people, different ages, and genders from
academic and professional industries. We are pleased to have worked with Tariq
to introduce an innovative and education radio programme that has achieved
remarkable results within a span of year”, said Sultan Al Aisri, English
Programmes Director, Radio Sultanate of Oman.
CyberTalk presents the latest news in ICT, locally and globally, in which it
features various topics including the mobile technology, market news, products
and services, innovations, buyers’ guide, tips and tricks, Q&A, Quizzes and
many more. Recently, the programme has also introduced a new section called
“Interview with a Technocrat”, in which Tariq invites and discusses with IT
leaders, experts, academics and professionals on their role in IT to boost the
economic and generate the growth in the Sultanate.
Every week, Tariq discusses various topics related to IT from Artificial
Intelligence, Software Development, Mobile Devices Computing, Relational
Database Management System, Networking and Data Communication, Advanced Web
and XML Technologies, Electronic Commerce, Microsoft.net framework, and
Internet Security.
“ICT has become a necessity for everyone. You are required to know about the
IT medium at the basic level in order to survive and become competitive in our
electronic driven world today”, said Al-Barwani.