Science & Technology
Promoting High Potential ICT Sector The Chamber of Informatics and Communications of the Republic of Argentina (CICOMRA), founded in 1985, serves to promote the development and long-term growth of Argentina’s information and communications technology (ICT) sector. The organisation’s members include key players involved in all aspects of ICT in Argentina, including industrial production, commercialisation and services.
Hundreds of member companies, both domestic and foreign Headed by Norberto Capellán, President, CICOMRA encompasses hundreds of companies, from small to large and both domestic and foreign. CICOMRA has formed a number of committees which focus on important aspects of Argentina’s ICT sector: computing, communications policy, foreign trade, technology and industry. The committees debate and analyse such key issues as market trends in the ICT sector and the application of new ICT technologies in order to improve Argentina’s social and economic welfare. CICOMRA’s guiding principles are to promote technological development, education, employment opportunities, better quality of life, scientific evolution, the international competitiveness of Argentina’s ICT sector, and new opportunities for the ICT sector and for all Argentines. Argentina’s ICT sector is a key driver for the national economy, and Argentina’s IT market is the second
largest in the Latin America region. It is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9% between 2007 and 2012, and the total value of IT spending on IT products and services in Argentina should reach e2 billion this year and e3.4 billion by 2012.
working with the National Consumer Arbitration (SNAC) group since 2004. Several CICOMRA member companies and a CICOMRA officer act as arbitrators.
To ensure that this strong development continues over the long term, CICOMRA partners with a number of leading groups in related sectors, including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Spanish-American Association of Research Centres and Telecommunications Companies, and the Argentina Chamber of Commerce, among others.
CICOMRA is also involved in a range of initiatives designed to promote the implementation of ICT in various areas of Argentine society. CICOMRA organises the Mate.Ar awards to honour the best Argentine web sites, and since 1992 CICOMRA has been organising an annual exhibition devoted to the ICT sector: Expo Comm Argentina, which attracts participants from throughout Argentina and from many other countries. In all its activities, CICOMRA serves as the voice of Argentina’s ICT sector.
Handing dispute resolution is another function of CICOMRA, which has been
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