Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Sector Indicators ICT Sector. Evolution 2003-2007 Number of companies in the ICT sector by branches of activity of the ICT sector and period. Units: number of companies 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 Manufacture 1,961 2,023 2,131 2,049 2,040 Manufacture of office machines and computers, and of insulated wire and cable (CNAE 30, 3130) 676 707 752 732 711 Manufacture of electronic material manufacture of radio, television and communications apparatus (CNAE 32) 646 640 694 659 718 Manufacture of precision equipment and instruments (CNAE 3320, 3330) 639 676 685 658 611 Services 39,760 38,346 35,205 33,403 31,034 Wholesale of machinery and equipment (CNAE 5160.5167) 6,026 5,807 5,501 5,972 6,669 Telecommunications (CNAE 6420) 662 824 823 1,035 1,099 Rental of office machinery and equipment (CNAE 7133) . . . . . Computer activities (CNAE 72) 33,072 31,715 28,881 26,396 23,266 Software consulting and software supply (CNAE 721, 722) 19,958 19,104 16,477 15,221 14,531 Data processing and database activities (CNAE 723,724) 4,488 4,729 5,305 3,694 3,517 Maintenance and repair of office, accounting and computing equipment Other computer-related activities (CNAE 725, 726) 8,625 7,882 7,099 7,481 5,218 TOTAL ICT SECTOR 41,721 40,369 37,336 35,452 33,074 Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 1) Source: Industrial Companies Survey and Annual Services Survey ICT Sector: NCEA-93 Rev.1 3001,3002,3130,3210,3220,3230,3320,3330,5160, 5167, 6420, 7133, 7210, 7221, 7222, 7230, 7240, 7250, 7260 '.' means data omitted due to lack of representation Source: National Statistics Institute