{"id":3485,"date":"2025-04-28T12:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T09:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/?page_id=3485"},"modified":"2025-06-15T15:25:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T12:25:31","slug":"investing-in-omans-digital-backbone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/investing-in-omans-digital-backbone\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing in Oman\u2019s Digital Backbone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"banner has-hover home-hero\" id=\"banner-120783640\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <div class=\"bg fill bg-fill \"><\/div>\n                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x0 md-x0 lg-x0 y0 md-y0 lg-y0\" id=\"image_1136852234\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" 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class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Holiday Inn Muscat Al Seeb<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Google Map:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/uMF3rLSEfhWoxrwd6\">https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/uMF3rLSEfhWoxrwd6<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3528658767 {\n  line-height: 1.3;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-935555044\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-905311252\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/2025-events\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button secondary\"  style=\"border-radius:99px;\">\n    <span>VIEW GALLERY<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-8656766\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<h2>SPEAKERS<\/h2>\n<div class=\"row\"  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