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