European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics Technology Industry Associations
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DIGITALEUROPE – the European Information & Communications Technology Industry Association – represents the interests of both national associations and corporations operating in the information technology and consumer electronics sector in Europe. DIGITALEUROPE combines 39 national digital technology associations from 28 European countries with over 61 direct company members. The association altogether represents more than 10,000 enterprises in Europe with more than two million employees and revenues of over EUR 1,000 billion.
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[edit] History
DIGITALEUROPE was formed in 1999 as EICTA, the European Information & Communications Technology Industry Association by the consolidation of the two former European federations of the information and telecommunications industries, ECTEL and EUROBIT.
Reflecting the movement of the marketplace and the rapid increase of co-operation and fusion found therein, DIGITALEUROPE next expanded the scope of its representation to include the consumer electronics industry. In 2001, the association merged its activities with EACEM - the European Association of Consumer Electronics Manufacturers. The new joint association changed its name to the European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics Technology Industry Association, but kept its original acronymic name: EICTA.
In March 2009 EICTA was rebranded DIGITALEUROPE to better reflect the positioning for the digital technology industry and its slogan ‘Building Digital Europe’.
[edit] Company Members
Adobe, Agilent, Alcatel-Lucent, AMD, Apple, Bang & Olufsen, Bose, Brother, Canon, Cisco, Corning, Dell, EADS, Elcoteq, Epson, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Infineon, Ingram Micro, Intel, JVC, Kenwood, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Lexmark, LG, Loewe, Micronas, Microsoft, Mitsubishi, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, Nortel, NXP, Océ, Oki, Oracle, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Qualcomm, Research In Motion, Samsung, Sanyo, SAP, Sharp, Siemens, Sony, Sony Ericsson, STMicroelectronics, Sun Microsystems, Texas Instruments, Thales, Thomson, Toshiba, Xerox
[edit] National Trade Associations
Austria: FEEI; Belarus: INFOPARK; Belgium: AGORIA; Bulgaria: BAIT; Cyprus: CITEA; Czech Republic: ASE, SPIS; Denmark: DI ITEK, IT-BRANCHEN; Estonia: ITL; Finland: FFTI; France: ALLIANCE TICS, SIMAVELEC; Germany: BITKOM, ZVEI; Greece: SEPE; Hungary: IVSZ; Ireland: ICT IRELAND; Italy: ANITEC, ASSINFORM; Netherlands: ICT OFFICE, FIAR; Norway: ABELIA, IKT NORGE; Poland: KIGEIT, PIIT; Portugal: AGEFE; Romania: APDETIC; Slovakia: ITAS; Slovenia: GZS; Spain: AETIC, ASIMELEC; Sweden: ALMEGA; Switzerland: SWICO; Turkey: ECID, TESID, TÜBISAD; Ukraine: IT UKRAINE; United Kingdom: INTELLECT.
