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Joint industry contribution to the Spanish Presidency Digital Europe Strategy on 18 January in Madrid
18 January 2010European ICT Industry identifies seven key action areas to fully exploit the potential of the ICT sector for European citizens and businesses.
Madrid, Spain - At a meeting held today by the Spanish State Secretariat for Telecommunications and Information Society, leading associations representing the European ICT industry - accounting collectively for more than €700 billion of revenue and 6 million employees - jointly called on EU leaders to take further action in order to enable business and society to fully benefit from ICT in terms of productivity, social welfare and sustainability.
In an unprecedented move, industry representatives worked under the guidance of former EP President Enrique Baron Crespo - appointed by the Spanish State Secretariat as co-ordinator of the joint industry initiative- to deliver a series of collaborative recommendations for the Spanish Presidency Digital Europe Strategy and the new Commission's Digital Agenda. Participating EU ICT associations include BSA, Cable Europe, DIGITALEUROPE, EDIMA, ECTA, ESOA, ETNO, EuroISPA and GSMA. The following Spanish ICT associations also actively contributed to the process: AETIC, ASIMELEC, ASTEL and Redtel.
"Already accounting for more than 40% of the productivity growth, ICT will not only play a key role in accelerating Europe's economic recovery but also its ability to move forward into the future", says Enrique ", says Enrique Baron Crespo.
For further information, please contact:
Magali MERINDOL - Communications Officer
T. +32 2 609 5315 M. +32 477 229 939
E. magali.merindol@digitaleurope.org
Alberto Zilio - Technology and Regulatory Affairs Manager
T. +32 2 609 5325 M. +32 485 57 81 12
E. alberto.zilio@digitaleurope.org
Full text of the Press Release and Industry Declaration for download:
Press Release - Industry declaration (.pdf) Industry Declaration (.pdf)