Editing DigitalEurope (section)

== History ==
DIGITALEUROPE was formed in 1999 as the European Information and Communications Technology Industry Association (EICTA) by consolidating two former European organisations, ECTEL and EUROBIT, which represented the information and telecommunications industries.<ref name="EBUMarch2009Rebrand">{{cite news |title=EICTA rebrands itself as 'DIGITALEUROPE' |publisher=[[European Broadcasting Union]] |url=https://tech.ebu.ch/Jahia/site/tech/cache/offonce/news/eicta-rebrands-itself-as-digitaleurope-12mar09 |date=March 12, 2009 |access-date=September 6, 2014 |archive-date=September 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907052211/https://tech.ebu.ch/Jahia/site/tech/cache/offonce/news/eicta-rebrands-itself-as-digitaleurope-12mar09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> EICTA expanded its scope to include the [[consumer electronics]] industry; on October 1, 2001, the association merged with the European Association of Consumer Electronics Manufacturers (EACEM). The new joint association changed its name to the European Information, Communications and Consumer Electronics Technology Industry Association (but kept its original acronym, EICTA).<ref name="DVBOctober2001EICTA">{{cite news |title=DIGITALEUROPE |publisher=[[Digital Video Broadcasting]] |url=https://www.dvb.org/members/digitaleurope |access-date=September 6, 2014}}</ref>

On March 12, 2009, EICTA [[rebranded]] as DIGITALEUROPE.<ref name="EBUMarch2009Rebrand" /><ref name="DigitalEuropeStatutesPDF">{{cite news |title=DigitalEurope Statutes |publisher=DigitalEurope |url=http://www.digitaleurope.org/Portals/0/Documents/DIGITALEUROPE_Statutes_English.pdf |access-date=September 6, 2014 |archive-date=September 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907052016/http://www.digitaleurope.org/Portals/0/Documents/DIGITALEUROPE_Statutes_English.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Overtime, its membership has expanded to include vertical industries such as healthcare, finance and manufacturing.