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Information and Communications Technology


Introduction

The Market
Industry Networks
Research Environment
Regional Advantages
Prominent Locations

Prominent Locations

Bavaria’s Information & Communications regions have a specific expertise, so that companies can benefit from the excellent training standards and the support provided to innovative start-ups.

The Greater Munich Area

The Greater Munich Area has the highest number of employees in the Information & Communications sector in Germany. Innovative drive in the sectors of digital technologies, wireless communications and software make the Bavarian capital the Number One Information & Communications location in Europe. Many global players such as Infineon, T-Systems, Softlab, Microsoft, Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, Oracle, Siemens and Sun Microsystems, and also the universities.

Industry Networks and Initiatives


Metropolitan Region of Nuremberg

Nuremberg has 90,000 people working in the IT sector making it one of the top addresses in Bavaria. Home to leading enterprises such as Lucent Technologies, Novell and Siemens this is a location where many other specialists have also established a presence.

Industry Networks & Initiatives


Regensburg/Upper Palatinate

The Regensburg economic region is a fast growing location for IT businesses: over recent years some 30 percent of company start-ups were in the Information & Communications sector. Siemens, Siemens VDO, Infineon, Osram Opto Semiconductors and Toshiba all have a presence in this area.

Over 1,200 students graduate annually from IT-related studies in the Regensburg Region

Networks for Start-ups


Augsburg/Swabia

Swabia opens up a host of opportunities to the IT sector. The number of employees at Deutsche Telekom, Fujitsu Siemens, NCR and Siemens, continues to increase in the region.

Networks


Rosenheim

Rosenheim is a location for Creatives in the IT Industry. The region has a host of small to medium-sized businesses, as well as global leaders such as the Kathrein Group.

Industry Networks & Initiatives


Lower Bavaria

In the IT sector Lower Bavaria offers an outstanding user environment, in the automotive sector (BMW works in Dingolfing) and the logistics sector, among others.

Industry Networks & Initiatives


Upper Franconia

Boasting the third highest industry density in Europe, Upper Franconia offers a most attractive and well-balanced user environment and is thus an interesting market for IT service providers.

Industry Networks & Initiatives


Lower Franconia

The region is filled with Innovative IT companies with applications in the fields of health/medicine, new materials, automotive engineering and logistics.

Industry Networks & Initiatives

 


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Industry Contacts

Spokesperson:
Prof. Dr. Manfred Broy
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinz Gerhäuser
Prof. Dieter Kempf
Reinhold Achatz

Manager:
Robert Stabl
(Clustergeschäftsführer)
Cluster Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie
c/o Technische Universität München
Institut für Informatik, I&K
Raum 00.09.054
Boltzmannstr. 3
85748 Garching
Tel.: +49 (0) 89 289-17 858
Fax: +49 (0) 89 289 17 861
Email: clusterbuero@bicc-net.de
Internet: www.bicc-net.de

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