Editing Telecommunications in Serbia (section)

==IT Industry==
The Serbian [[Information Technology|IT industry]] is rapidly growing and changing pace. In 2018, IT services exports reached $1.3 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://startit.rs/izvoz-it-usluga-po-prvi-put-presao-milijardu-evra-rast-od-26-u-odnosu-na-2017-godinu/|title = Izvoz IT usluga po prvi put prešao milijardu evra, rast od 26% u odnosu na 2017. Godinu|date = 23 February 2019}}</ref> With 6,924 companies in the IT sector ({{as of|2013|alt=2013 data}}), Belgrade is one of the [[information technology]] centres in this part of Europe, with strong growth.<ref name=novosti>{{cite web|url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/beograd.74.html:430759-U-Beogradu-radi-120000-firmi |title=U Beogradu radi 120.000 firmi |publisher=Večernje Novosti|date=23 April 2013 |access-date=4 November 2013}}</ref> The [[Microsoft Development Center Serbia|Microsoft Development Center]] in Belgrade was, at the time of its establishment, the fifth such centre in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.microsoft.com/serbia/mdcs/default.aspx |title=Microsoft Development Center Serbia |publisher=Microsoft.com |date=1 April 2011 |access-date=15 May 2013}}</ref> Many worlds IT companies choose Belgrade as regional or European centre such as [[Asus]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emportal.rs/vesti/srbija/62935.html |title=Asus otvorio regionalni centar u Beogradu |publisher=Emportal.rs |access-date=16 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522124646/http://www.emportal.rs/vesti/srbija/62935.html |archive-date=22 May 2011 }}</ref> [[Intel]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ekapija.com/website/sr/page/140159 |title=Centar kompanije 'Intel' za Balkan u Beogradu – Srbija deo 'Intel World Ahead Program' |publisher=E kapija |access-date=7 July 2009}}</ref> [[Dell]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Beograd |first=Ana Vlahović |url=http://pressonline.rs/sr/vesti/vesti_dana/story/183266/Srbija+centar+IT+industrije.html |title=Srbija centar IT industrije |publisher=Pressonline.rs |date=25 September 2011 |access-date=12 March 2013}}</ref> [[Huawei]], [[NCR Corporation|NCR]],<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.ekapija.com/website/sr/page/762729/NCR-planira-da-udvostruči-broj-zaposlenih-u-Srbiji-u-2014 |title=NCR planira da udvostruči broj zaposlenih u Srbiji u 2014 |publisher=eKapija |date=24 July 2013 |access-date=4 November 2013 |language=sr}}</ref> [[Ubisoft Belgrade|Ubisoft]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/|title=LinkedIn Login, Sign in|website=LinkedIn}}</ref> etc. These companies have taken advantage of Serbia's large pool of engineers and relatively low wages.

Large investments by global tech companies like [[Microsoft]], typical of the 2000s, are being eclipsed by a growing number of domestic startups which obtain funding from domestic and international investors. What brought companies like Microsoft in the first place was a large pool of talented engineers and mathematicians.<ref name="next.ft.com">{{cite news |last=MacDowall |first=Andrew |date=28 October 2013 |title=Serbia's technical talent attracts global investors |website=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/7d899fac-3a42-11e3-9243-00144feab7de |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 June 2019 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/7d899fac-3a42-11e3-9243-00144feab7de |archive-date=2022-12-10}}</ref> In just the first quarter of 2016, more than US$65 million has been raised by Serbian startups including $45 million for Seven Bridges (a [[Bioinformatics]] firm) and $14 million for Vast (a [[data analysis]] firm).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://startit.rs/srpsko-americki-seven-bridges-uzeo-investiciju-od-45-miliona-dolara-za-brzi-razvoj-terapija-za-rak/|title=Srpsko-američki Seven Bridges uzeo investiciju od 45 miliona dolara za brži razvoj lečenja raka&nbsp;— startit|website=startit.rs|date=16 February 2016|access-date=2016-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://startit.rs/vast-uzeo-investiciju-od-14-miliona-dolara-za-razvoj-b2c-proizvoda-i-sirenje-u-beogradu/|title=Vast uzeo investiciju od 14 miliona dolara za razvoj B2C proizvoda i širenje u Beogradu&nbsp;— startit|website=startit.rs|date=12 February 2016|access-date=2016-11-03}}</ref> One of the most successful startups have been [[Nordeus]] which was founded in [[Belgrade]] in 2010 and is one of Europe's fastest-growing companies in the field of [[computer games]] (the developer of [[Top Eleven Football Manager]], a game played by over 20 million people).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jordan|first1=Jon|title=The Charticle: How Nordeus' Top Eleven rose to the top of the table|url=http://www.pocketgamer.biz/the-charticle/53940/the-charticle-how-nordeus-top-eleven-rose-to-the-top-of-the-table/|website=pocketgamer.biz|access-date=4 January 2017|date=23 September 2013}}</ref>