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1. Estonian ICT sector &
Estonian Association of Information
Technology and Telecommunication
Short overview
Delegation of Saint-Petersburg ICT & mobile industry
November, 21, 2011

2. Estonian ICT industry
• IKT companies (total 2010 Q4) - 1 748;
– Incl. With more then 100 employees - 26;
• ICT sector share of total GDP - approximately 5.8%
• Average number of employees (2010 Q4) - 15 585;
• ICT turnover (2010 total) - 2 082 million Euro;
• - Incl. communications - 711.6 million Euro;
• - Inc. IT services - 520 million Euro;
• - Incl. hardware - 852 million Euro;
• Exporters (from all ICT companies) - approximately 30%
1 Euro = 41.5 RUB

3. Electronic communications
Service providers as of December 2010 (source – Estonian Technical Surveillance
Authority):
Telephone service 61
Broadband service 189
Mobile telephone service 27
Leased lines service 35
Cable television service 25
Network service 39
Total: 376 services (provided by 238 companies)
Statistical information about communications:
Mobile communications (active SIM cards) density – 119.7%;
Subscribers of broadband services - about 350 000;
Fixed telephone penetration - over 30%;
Digital television in use (analogue switch-off 1.07.2010)
3G networks in operation -3
4G licences issued -3
Public WiFi areas - 1 141;
Cable television coverage - 19% (homes), 43% (population)

4. ITL - facts
• 67 members (companies, universities)
• Turnover of ITL members ~ 60% of ICT sector
• Revenue of ITL members ~71% of ICT sector
• 5600 employees in member companies
• Profiles of companies:
– IT services (software, systems)
– Telecom
– ICT equipment wholesale
– Education and training
– Legal services
– Brances of international companies

5. Main areas of activities
• Export
• Labor force and education
• Cooperation with other industry associations
• Development of information society
• Reputation of the ITL and ICT sector
• Electronic communications
• Increasing the social responsibility of ICT companies
• Intra-association cooperation

6. Some projects
• ICT cluster (cluster incubator):
– Cooperation with other industries
• EstWin – development of fiber optical network
• Electronic Communications Act
• Media Services Act
• Training courses for companies (funding from Enterprice
Estonia)
• E- receipt
• Promotion of ICT education
• Development of ICT Curriculas

7. Estonian Association of
Information Tehnology and
Telecommunications
Lõõtsa 6
11415, Tallinn
http://www.itl.ee
info@itl.ee
+372 617 7145
21.11.2011