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Foreign Direct Investment in ICT sector in Italy
176 world-to-Italy overseas investment projects were recorded between January 2003 and January 2009 (in Communication, Software & IT Services and Semiconductors) from 149 foreign companies, most of which from USA.
Number of investment projects for sector
| Sector | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software & IT services | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 32 | 18 | 12 | 120 |
| Communications | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 47 |
| Semiconductors | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Total | 17 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 38 | 34 | 20 | 176 |
Source FDi Markets - © The Financial Times Ltd 2009
The leading sector was Software & IT services (68% of projects), while the leading business activity was Sales, Marketing & Support (66% of projects). The Top 10 companies accounted for 18% of all investment projects – among them, Microsoft (USA), Huawei Technologies (China) and Vodafone (UK).
Share of investment projects by business activity
Source FDi Markets - © The Financial Times Ltd 2009
