Centre national d'études des télécommunications


The Centre national d'études des télécommunications was a French national research centre in telecommunications.
It was created on May 4, 1944 as a French interministerial research centre, but it was placed under the general supervision of the French Minister of PTT.
In 1990, Directorate General of Telecommunications became France Télécom and CNET became the R&D centre of France Télécom. In March 2000, CNET was renamed and became part of France Télécom R&D, the research and development division of France Télécom. This division was derived from CNET, the Centre commun d'études de télévision et télécommunications as well as other entities. Since 2007, France Telecom R&D is known as Orange Labs, a global network of R&D entities.