bitkom

Bitkom is a digital industry association in Germany. Founded in 1999 as a merger of individual industry associations in Berlin, it represents more than 2,400 companies in the digital economy, among them 1,000 SMEs, and 300 start-ups.

These companies offer a range of software and IT, telecommunications and Internet services, manufacture hardware and consumer electronics, operate in the digital media and Internet industries and otherwise play a role in the digital economy.

Bitkom mainly advocates for innovative economic policies, the modernisation of the educational system and future-oriented network policies.