Since 2004, the E-Trikala office of the Municipality of Trikala, in cooperation with and in accordance with the operational programme “The Information Society” acted in the fields of new broadband technologies, successfully implementing municipal projects.
On the 8th of April 2008, having the required experience, it was transformed into e-Trikala S.A., an emerging company, formed within the Municipality of Trikala. The Municipality is the basic stakeholder owning 99% while the remaining 1% is owned by the local Chambers of Commerce.
By creating infrastructure and by providing services, e-Trikala continuously aims to the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) based applications, oriented to the improvement of all citizens’ everyday life, in a medium sized city, simplifying public transactions, reducing telecommunication costs and delivering new services related to the local way of life. Moreover, these ICT applications offer new ways and methods that enable citizens participate on policy-making, while in parallel establish local Government and Public Authorities as guarantors of local society’s every day proper, digital and distanced operation. E-Trikala participates in several EU-funded and national projects, whose scope is to act for the benefit of the citizens of Trikala Municipality. It already invests on the improvement of the quality of life through e-Health, mobility, e-education, environment, culture governance and social projects acting as a test bed per case.