The Technology Industry Association

The Association representing electronics, IT, telecommunications,

digital technology and all things of a technology nature!

The Technology Industry Association (TIA) is the peak body for the technology industry in South Australia and the official voice for the technology industry. The industry has an estimated 2010 turnover of $9 billion and is forecast to reach $10 billion in 2011. TIA is a non-profit, member based organisation that delivers tailored networking events, business advice and lobbying opportunities.

Facilitating the technology industry to thrive both domestically and internationally is of prime concern to TIA. The activities of this industry have a flow on impact to the economic prosperity of South Australia in terms of employment, future growth and social well being. In this sense TIA serves not only the technology industry but also the wider community who benefit from having a home grown flourishing high tech industry.

Currently the technology industry employs around 30,000 people in 1,200 companies and generates $1.3 billion in export revenue. TIA is committed to enabling this dynamic industry to increase in size and has a mandate to ensure it lobbies government, other industry bodies and institutions.

If you're a registered business, trade association or government entity then you're eligible to join TIA. You don't need to operate within the technology sector to benefit from membership and you wont be alone! Many TIA members are service providers or government departments who simply want to find out more about this dynamic industry.

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National Industry Statistics

The Australian ICT industry

Contribution to the economy (Gross Value Add): 4.9% (last measured 2006)
Industry revenue 2009: $81.6 billion
ICT R&D 2007/08: $4.320 million
ICT R&D as a percentage of all R&D: 25.6%
Exports (including re-exports): $4528 million

Source: Australian ICT Statistical Compendium (Australian Computer Society, 2010)

The Australian ICT industry workforce

Total employment in ICT occupations: 426,100
Major ICT occupations
- ICT Managers: 37,200
- ICT professionals 218,300
- ICT support technicians 49,700
Males - full time: 81%
Females - full time: 18%

Source: Department of Employment, Education and Workplace Relations

Australians on the internet

At the end of June 2010, there were 9.6 million active internet subscribers in Australia
92% of those are now non dial-up
71% of Australian access connections offer download speeds of 1.5Mbps or greater
Mobile wireless (excluding handset connections) was the fastest growing technology in internet access, up 21.7% from December 2009.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australia in context

e-Readiness Ranking: 6th out of 70 countries (Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Norway and the US lead).
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit 2010
Broadband Ranking among the 30 OECD countries: 12th. (South Korea, Japan Finland lead).
Source: Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, 2008
Digital economy ranking: 9th out of 70 countries. (Sweden, Denmark, USA, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Hong Kong and Singapore lead).
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit 2010