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Kista is the largest [[Information and communications technology|Information and Communications Technology (ICT)]] cluster in Europe,<ref name="kista.com">http://www.kista.com</ref> and the world's second largest<ref>Page 84. The Business of Global Energy Transformation: Saving Billions through Sustainable Models. Mats R. Larsson. Global Energy Transformation Institute. 2012, Palgrave Macmillan. Macmillan Publishers Limited, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, United Kingdom. https://books.google.com/books?id=RX4x1amBi44C&lpg=PA84&dq=Global%20Transformation%20kista&hl=sv&pg=PA84#v=onepage&q=Global%20Transformation%20kista&f=false</ref> cluster after [[Silicon Valley]] in California. It is the largest corporate area in Sweden, important to the national economy<ref name="Kim2005">{{cite book|last=Kim|first=Junmo|title=Globalization and Industrial Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=__lZdK1S4OkC&pg=PA73|date=10 July 2005|isbn=978-1-4697-2393-8|page=73}}</ref> due to the presence of, among others, [[Ericsson Group]], the largest corporation in Sweden.
Kista Science City is the location where a large portion of the research and development of the world's [[LTE (telecommunication)|4G LTE]] mobile telephony infrastructure is being developed, a European [[ETSI]] standard used worldwide and Kista Science City has been the largest such cluster in Europe for decades.{{When?|date=October 2017}}<ref name="kista.com"/> A majority is done at [[Ericsson|Ericsson corporation]], with 100,000 employees worldwide, but with its research and worldwide
Kista was named after an old farm "Kista Gård", still located in the area. The construction of the modern parts were started in the 1970s.<ref name="AntonellaEmma2009">{{cite book|last1=Antonella|first1=Noya|last2=Emma|first2=Clarence|last3=Gary|first3=Craig|title=Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Community Capacity Building Creating a Better Future Together: Creating a Better Future Together|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8_TFVEFrqSsC&pg=PA119|date=7 December 2009|publisher=OECD Publishing|isbn=978-92-64-07329-6|page=119}}</ref> Most of the streets in Kista are named after towns and places in [[Denmark]], [[Iceland]], [[Greenland]], and [[Faroe Islands]]. Before the opening of the [[Mall of Scandinavia]], [[Kista Galleria]] was the biggest shopping center in the [[Stockholm County|Stockholm region]].
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Kista hosts entire departments of both [[Royal Institute of Technology|KTH Royal Institute of Technology]], such as Wireless@KTH, and [[Stockholm University]] (formerly jointly known as "the IT University").<ref name="DesaiNijkamp2011">{{cite book|last1=[[Sameeksha Desai|Desai]]|first1=Sameeksha|last2=Nijkamp|first2=Peter|last3=Stough|first3=Roger R.|title=New Directions in Regional Economic Development: The Role of Entrepreneurship Theory and Methods, Practice and Policy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S6eY4LtrIOcC&pg=PA249|date=July 2011|publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing|isbn=978-0-85793-351-5|page=249}}</ref>
There are also Swedish national research institutes (pure research, no students) such as the [[Swedish Institute of Computer Science]] and [[Swedish Defence Research Agency|Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI]] who has its
Also the Swedish Co-location Centre<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.eitdigital.eu/about-us/locations/stockholm-node/|title=EIT Digital Stockholm Node|last=|first=|date=|work=EIT Digital corporate website|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en}}</ref> of EU innovation and entrepreneurial education organisation [[European Institute of Innovation and Technology|EIT]] Digital is located in Kista and offers a 2-year Master program<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kth.se/student/kurser/program/TIVNM/20182/genomforande?l=en|title=Master's Programme, ICT Innovation, 120 credits (TIVNM), Programme syllabus for studies starting in autumn 2018, Implementation of the education {{!}} KTH|website=www.kth.se|language=en|access-date=2018-11-12}}</ref> in collaboration with [[Royal Institute of Technology|KTH Royal Institute of Technology]].
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