CPqD

CPqD is an independent institution whose main objective is to increase Brazil’s competitiveness and further the digital inclusion of the country’s society, based on innovative Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Its extensive R&D program, the largest of its kind in Latin American, has produced ICT solutions for both private and public corporations in the communication, multimedia, financial, utilities, industries, defense and security sectors.

CPqD is located in Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brasil.

Created in 1976 as a Telecom Research and Development Center for Telebras, the then Government-owned company with monopoly rights over all public telecom services in Brazil. Since its inception, CPqD has been on the technological forefront, in tune with the future and anticipating the needs of today’s fast-paced and ever-changing society. In 1998, after Telebras privatization, CPqD became a private-law corporation, broadening the scope of their activities and opening up many potential new markets.

Along the years, CPqD has been developing a large number of technologies, such as: digital switches, antennas, digital transmission systems, optical transmission equipment, fiber optics, laser semi-conductors, packet switching systems, inductive card pay-phones, telex switching centers and complex business and operation support systems. The acquired know-how added to their deep knowledge of the Brazilian market as well as all ICT-related cultural, social, economical and historical aspects of the country’s society, have consolidated the institution’s unparalleled innovative potential in this area.

CPqD today is an integrated and dynamic organization, strategically positioned to bring added value to the market in the form of technological intelligence, and has played an increasingly leading role in ICT development, thanks to their 1300-plus highly skilled professionals, known for their creativity and commitment to high standards of quality. They have also become a strategic Government partner.

This position has been consolidated based on the following strategic guidelines:

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