"CCIA is a 40 year-old nonprofit membership organization for a wide range of companies in the computer, Internet, information technology, and telecommunications industries, represented by their senior executives. CCIA promotes open markets, open systems, open networks, and full, fair, and open competition. CCIA serves as an additional, and sometimes the only, eyes, ears, and voice, in Washington, Brussels, and Geneva for our members. Our goal is to proactively protect and promote their legitimate interests, and to advance the broad common interests of our industries."