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DIGITALEUROPE is a European trade association that represents the digital technology industry. It is led by the Director General.

DIGITALEUROPE
Formation1999; 25 years ago (1999)
TypeTrade association
HeadquartersBrussels, Belgium.
ProductsLobbying, logos, self-regulatory
Director General
Cecilia Bonefeld Dahl
Websitewww.digitaleurope.org
Formerly called
European Information and Communications Technology Industry Association (EICTA)

The members include 105 major technology companies[1] and 41 national trade associations.[2] It seeks to ensure industry participation in the development and implementation of EU policies" and has several working groups that focus on different aspects of policy—environment, trade, technical and regulatory and the digital economy.[3][4][5] Based in Brussels, Belgium, DIGITALEUROPE represents over 45,000 companies.[5]

History edit

DIGITALEUROPE was formed in 1999 as the European Information and Communications Technology Industry Association (EICTA) by consolidating two former European organisations, ECTEL and EUROBIT, which represented the information and telecommunications industries.[6] EICTA expanded its scope to include the consumer electronics industry; on October 1, 2001, the association merged with the European Association of Consumer Electronics Manufacturers (EACEM). The new joint association changed its name to the European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics Technology Industry Association (but kept its original acronym, EICTA).[7]

On March 12, 2009, EICTA rebranded as DIGITALEUROPE to better reflect the importance of the consumer electronics sector in Europe and its slogan "Building Digital Europe".[6][8]

Overtime, it's membership has expanded to include vertical industries such as healthcare, finance and manufacturing.

Logos edit

DIGITALEUROPE previously developed the industry standards related to high-definition televisions.

On September 5, 2014, DIGITALEUROPE released an Ultra HD TV logo to certify companies that meet their technical requirements.[9][10] The technical requirements for the Ultra HD logo is that the display must have a resolution of at least 3840×2160, a video signal path that does not reduce the resolution, a minimum color space of Rec. 709, and HDMI input that supports HDCP 2.2 content protection.[11]

Policy positions edit

In November 2014, it published a paper called "Law Enforcement Access to Data in the European Cloud" that asks the European Commission to "consider filing an amicus brief" with a U.S. appellate court regarding Microsoft's legal challenge of a U.S. warrant for a Microsoft user's private emails. As DIGITALEUROPE sees it, the fact that the data requested is stored on servers located in Dublin, Ireland, means that U.S. authorities should use mutual legal assistance treaties rather than strong-arming a U.S. multinational, which raises concerns about national sovereignty.[12][13]

In anticipation to the publication of Neelie Kroes's Digital Agenda,[14] DigitalEurope released a paper in May 2010 about Europe's digital future which was called A Transformational Agenda for the Digital Age DigitalEurope's Vision 2020.

Members edit

Source: "Corporate Members". DigitalEurope. Archived from the original on September 7, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014.

National trade associations edit

National Associations Country
Internet Offensive Österreich   Austria
AGORIA   Belgium
Hrvatska Gospodarska Komora (HGK)   Croatia
Cyprus Information Enterprises Association (CITEA)   Cyprus
Association for Applied Research in IT (AAVIT)   Czech Republic
Dansk Erhverv   Denmark
IT Branchen   Denmark
DI Digital[permanent dead link]   Denmark
ITL   Estonia
TIF   Finland
AFNUM   France
Numeum   France
Secimavi   France
BITKOM   Germany
ZVEI   Germany
SEPE   Greece
IVSZ   Hungary
Technology Ireland   Ireland
Anitec-Assinform   Italy
INFOBALT   Lithuania
APSI   Luxembourg
Moldovan Association of ICT Companies   Moldova
FIAR   Netherlands
NLdigital   Netherlands
Abelia   Norway
KIGEIT   Poland
PIIT   Poland
ZIPSEE   Poland
AGEFE   Portugal
ANIS   Romania
ITAS   Slovakia
GZS   Slovenia
AMETIC   Spain
Adigital   Spain
Teknikföretagen   Sweden
TechSverige   Sweden
SWICO   Switzerland
Digital Turkey Platform Archived August 4, 2015, at the Wayback Machine   Turkey
ECID   Turkey
IT UKRAINE   Ukraine
TechUK   United Kingdom

References edit

  1. ^ "Corporate members".
  2. ^ "About us". DigitalEurope. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  3. ^ "Working Groups". DigitalEurope. Archived from the original on November 20, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  4. ^ "About us". DigitalEurope. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Global Industry Approves Revision of Supply Chain Communication Guide on Declarable Substance Content in Electrotechnical Products". Consumer Electronics Association. May 22, 2012. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  6. ^ a b "EICTA rebrands itself as 'DIGITALEUROPE'". European Broadcasting Union. March 12, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  7. ^ "DIGITALEUROPE". Digital Video Broadcasting. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  8. ^ "DigitalEurope Statutes" (PDF). DigitalEurope. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 7, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  9. ^ "DIGITALEUROPE launches Ultra High Definition logo for new generation of screens on 5 September at IFA". DigitalEurope. September 5, 2014. Archived from the original on March 11, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  10. ^ "DIGITALEUROPE launches Ultra High Definition logo for new generation of screens". DTG. September 5, 2014. Archived from the original on September 7, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  11. ^ "Technical Requirements". DigitalEurope. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  12. ^ "Law Enforcement Access to Data in the European Cloud". Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  13. ^ Baker, Jennifer (November 14, 2014). "Oi, Europe! Tell US feds to GTFO of our servers, say Microsoft and pals". The Register.
  14. ^ "Digital Agenda: Commission outlines action plan to boost Europe's prosperity and well-being". europa.eu. European Commission. May 19, 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2014.

External links edit

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