Information Technology

From the Malta Enterprise web site:
In little more than 10 years, Malta has changed remarkably from outsourcing most of its ICT requirements abroad to the current fast-increasing exports of its own excellent ICT services.  Huge investments were carried out at all levels in ICT and Malta today can boast of a truly modern infrastructure with one of the highest broadband access in EU. 

The ICT sector has long been considered as one of the sectors that can contribute towards the development of the Maltese economy. There is a significant presence of local and foreign systems development companies in Malta. In fact, a number of European firms have set-up base to capitalise from the cultural and economic advantages that Malta has to offer. This sector, being one of the number of identified sectors for foreign investment, is given special attention by Malta Enterprise which is the government agency entrusted with foreign investment development in Malta.   

An important development in this area has been the recent announcement by Government on the agreement reached to establish a SmartCity@Malta.  The new SmartCity@Malta will include a new fully-fledged ICT and Media Smart City on the models developed in Dubai. This project will also be accompanied by new state-of-the-art use of the environment of the site where it will be located, with the development of a hotel and other activities to help attract knowledge-based operations.  This is expected to create a cluster environment to service tenants in the site in a cost-effective and efficient manner.  

Since the early 1990s government policy has emphasised the development of IT in Malta and has extensively invested in its telecommunications infrastructure, making it one of the best in Europe.  This is highlighted by the fact that well in excess of €75 million has been invested in e-government. Moreover the Government has entered into a co-operation agreement with Microsoft which incorporate the launching of 3 IT academies that will produce Microsoft certified graduates. These fall under the auspices of the University of Malta, the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology and the Employment and Training Corporation.  Government also entered into a vertical strategic alliance with Hewlett-Packard and Oracle.    

Likewise, an electronic copy of the ICT Malta brochure can be downloaded from the Malta Enterprise website (www.maltaenterprise.com) by accessing the PUBLICATIONS page.

 Ministry for Investment, Industry and Information Technology

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