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Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) is a private, non-profit organization located in Portugal, a partnership of nine institutions with research and development in the field of Telecommunications.

IT is organized around three sites (University of Aveiro, University of Coimbra and Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon) and four branches (University of Porto; University of Beira Interior; Polytechnic Institute of Leiria and ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa).

The purpose of IT is to create and disseminate new knowledge and support advanced training in the broad field of the Technologies of Information, Communications and Electronics (TICE), with a special emphasis on Telecommunications. The institute is actively involved in fundamental and applied research both at national and international levels, and plays its role towards society with public awareness initiatives, knowledge transfer to industry, and by providing consulting services on a non-competing basis.