CSELT
| Formerly | Centro Studi e Laboratori S.p.A. (1961-1964) Centro Studi e Laboratori Telecomunicazioni S.p.A. (1964-2001) |
|---|---|
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Founder | STIPEL |
| Headquarters | , Italy |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Luigi Bonavoglia Basilio Catania Cesare Mossotto |
| 150k Euro (2000) | |
| Owner | IRI-STET (until the 1990s), Telecom Italia (since the 1990s) |
Number of employees | 1200 (in 2000) |
| Parent | IRI |
| Divisions | Voice Technologies, Media Technologies, Fiber Optics Technologies |
Telecom Italia Lab S.p.A. (formerly Centro Studi e Laboratori Telecomunicazioni S.p.A.; CSELT) is an Italian research center for telecommunication based in Torino, the biggest in Italy and one of the most important in Europe.
It played a major role internationally especially in the standardization of protocols and technologies in telecommunication: perhaps the most widely well known is the standardization of mp3.
CSELT has been active from 1964 to 2001, initially as a part of the IRI-STET group, the major conglomerate of Italian public Industries in the 1960s and 1970s; it later became part of Telecom Italia Group. In 2001 was renamed Telecom Italia Lab as part of Telecom Italia Group.