Hannover, March 9-10, 2006 – ANRC President, Mr. Dan Georgescu, together with the Romanian delegation headed by the Minister Zsolt Nagy, visited the 20th edition of CeBIT, the most important IT and communications exhibition in Europe, held during March 9-15.
ANRC is involved in the elaboration of Romania’s broadband strategy, in collaboration with MCIT; therefore, the Authority’s delegation was up to the occasion offered by the Hannover international fair, contacting a number of companies providing broadband communication technologies and analysing the latest broadband solutions in view of their implementation in Romania.
The ANRC President visited the Romanian stand, where 45 IT and communications companies presented their product and service offer. This is the fifth edition with Romanian participation, and the number of Romanian companies exhibiting at CeBIT is growing. Together with the MCIT delegation, Mr. Dan Georgescu took part in the workshop dedicated to the Romanian-German cooperation in the field of electronic communications and information technology, organized on March 10, during the broader event entitled “Romania’s Day” at CeBIT.
This year, CeBIT was attended by more than 6200 companies from 71 countries, within an exhibition measuring over 300,000 square meters, while the organizers forecasted 500,000 visitors.
Images from CeBIT, during the visit of the Romanian delegation, are available here.
CeBIT is a valuable source of information for the major decision-makers in the IT&C market, as the participants may witness the latest developments in the field, at international level, and may attend presentations regarding next generation technologies. This year, more than ever, CeBIT was one of the favourite meeting points for administrations, regulatory authorities and private business. In 2006, 64.3% of the participants were public and private decision-makers, as compared to a 59.9% percentage, in 2005.