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Table 2Research and development expenditures and personnel in information and communications technology

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Research and development expenditures and personnel in information and communications technology
	2003 ^r	2004 ^r	2005 ^p	2006 ^p	2007 ^p
	million of dollars
All industries
Total research and development expenditures	14,039	14,947	15,356	15,360	15,773
Current	13,062	13,888	14,246	14,363	14,846
Capital	977	1,059	1,110	997	927
Information and communications technology industries
Total research and development expenditures	5,427	5,555	5,738	5,896	6,041
Current	5,015	5,217	5,406	5,528	5,673
Capital	413	338	332	367	368
Industries other than information and communications technology
Total research and development expenditures	8,611	9,392	9,618	9,464	9,732
Current	8,048	8,671	8,839	8,835	9,173
Capital	564	721	778	629	559
	number
All industries
Total research and development personnel	126,431	133,788	137,686	..	..
Professional	75,855	78,785	81,955	..	..
Technicians	34,570	38,482	39,491	..	..
Other	16,006	16,521	16,240	..	..
Information and communications technology industries
Total research and development personnel	49,482	50,562	53,267	..	..
Professional	34,978	36,102	38,902	..	..
Technicians	9,580	10,258	10,269	..	..
Other	4,924	4,202	4,096	..	..
Industries other than information and communications technology
Total research and development personnel	76,949	83,226	84,419	..	..
Professional	40,877	42,683	43,053	..	..
Technicians	24,990	28,224	29,222	..	..
Other	11,082	12,319	12,144	..	..

Note(s):

Personnel counts are reported as full-time equivalents.