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2 Welcome to the digital city! The list of ICT companies operating from Düsseldorf reads like the global Who’s Who of the information and communications industry. Düsseldorf is Germany’s leading telecommunications centre.
Companies in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry play a leading role in shaping Düsseldorf ’s economy. For many years now, the city has been one of Germany’s top business locations for the gamut of ICT sectors, including IT (software, hardware, IT-related services) and telecommunications (call centres, network carries, ISPs and Web-based services as well as equipment providers and manufacturers). Currently Information and communication technology is one of the world’s most dynamic growth markets. In Düsseldorf, global telecoms corporations meet IT innovators and agile service providers that offer clientspecifc solutions for mass market applications. � some 1,500 industry specialists are based here that employ over 24,000 people. Düsseldorf is home to 33 network carriers and communication service providers, and especially the share of mobile data services is constantly on the rise. Thanks to a targeted settlement policy for ICT companies, Düsseldorf has been able to continually build up its information and communication technology cluster. Synergy effects continue to attract ever more enterprises. Renowned national and international corporations along with innovative start-ups underline Düsseldorf ’s importance as a top technology location. Mobile operator E-Plus, for instance, has recently moved to its newly constructed German headquarters with capacity for 1,000 employees, while Vodafone is currently planning the construction of a 80,000 m² Vodafone Campus facility in the Oberkassel district. Other major players with a base in Düsseldorf include Alcatel-Lucent Network Services, Hewlett- Packard, Nokia Siemens Network, Tata, Ericsson, Deutsche Telekom, COLT Telecom, IBM, Siemens, Oracle, Novell, NEC, Cisco, Huawei Technologies and Research in Motion … to name but a few! Many of Düsseldorf ’s ICT enterprises are active participants in the ‘Digital City Düsseldorf ’ industry network, an initiative launched by the state capital’s government to vigorously drive expansion of the ITC industry cluster in Düsseldorf. The present ‘Sector profle: Information technology and telecommunications’ provides you with an overview of the current situation. It is based on data collected in a Sector Survey carried out by the Offce of Economic Development. Placing special focus on data service provision and data service applications, the survey documents Düsseldorf ’s outstanding position in the domain of information and communication technologies. 3
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