Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Sector Indicators ICT Sector. Evolution 2003-2007 Number of persons employed in the ICT sector by branches of activity of the ICT sector and period. Units: number of persons 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 Manufacture 51,289 49,030 50,457 50,280 52,683 Manufacture of office machines and computers, and of insulated wire and cable (CNAE 30, 3130) 12,188 11,611 12,256 12,203 13,011 Manufacture of electronic material manufacture of radio, television and communications apparatus (CNAE 32) 24,505 24,116 24,633 24,443 26,461 Manufacture of precision equipment and instruments (CNAE 3320, 3330) 14,596 13,303 13,568 13,634 13,211 Services 364,200 346,587 323,664 313,930 312,954 Wholesale of machinery and equipment (CNAE 5160.5167) 62,703 61,727 61,026 60,598 60,627 Telecommunications (CNAE 6420) 60,781 61,994 62,251 65,220 72,186 Rental of office machinery and equipment (CNAE 7133) . . . . . Computer activities (CNAE 72) 240,716 222,867 200,387 188,112 180,141 Software consulting and software supply (CNAE 721, 722) 182,675 170,645 148,314 141,089 134,968 Data processing and database activities (CNAE 723,724) 32,605 29,535 29,645 25,629 26,932 Maintenance and repair of office, accounting and computing equipment Other computer-related activities (CNAE 725, 726) 25,435 22,686 22,428 21,394 18,241 TOTAL ICT SECTOR 415,489 395,617 374,121 364,210 365,637 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