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Basic information

Basic information about the CESNET association

Name and domicile

CESNET, an interest association of legal entities, was established under Section 20f et seq. of Act No. 40/1964 Coll., the Civil Code. The association's founders were all public universities in the Czech Republic and the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. The statutory representatives of all members signed the founding agreement and the statutes on 6 March 1996.


The Association was established by registration with the District Office in Prague 6 on 13 March 1996 with registration number ZS 22/2/96 and is a legal entity. The association is now registered in the Register of Associations at the Municipal Court in Prague under file number L 58848. The Czech Statistical Office assigned the association the identification number 63839172 on 19 March 1996. The VAT registration certificate CZ63839172 was issued by the Financial Office for Prague 6 on 30 October 1996.


On 1 July 1996, the association took over the operation of the CESNET network with a data circuit speed of up to 1 Mbps from the Czech Technical University in Prague using a cession agreement.

Goals of the Association

  1. To perform independently a fundamental, industrial research and experimental development in the field of information and communication technologies and their applications and to disseminate the results of these activities through all available means, including the transfer of technologies.

  2. To build, to develop and, in a long-lasting manner, to administer the CESNET research infrastructure and to support the development, adoption and use of top communication and information technologies.

  3. To support, for the coverage of related costs, the dissemination of education, culture and knowledge, the co-operation of members with private/enterpreneurial sector, the spreading of applications of the most modern information technologies and improvements of the quality of the CESNET research infrastructure by acquiring new participants, information resources and services.

Main activity

  1. The main activity of CESNET is to carry out the following activities for the benefit of its members, the organizations established by them, and other entities:
    • Development and operation of national communication and information infrastructure, enabling the interconnection of their infrastructures, access to CESNET infrastructure, and connection to similar external infrastructures (including access to the Internet);
    • Creation of shared technical, communication, and software resources and information services;
    • Validation of new applications, collaboration, and complementarity of members' activities at a level comparable to leading international academic and research infrastructures.
  2. The main activities of the CESNET association are, in particular:
    • To carry out independent research and development activities in the field of information and communication technologies and to provide research services in this field;
    • To promote education in the field of information and communication technologies;
    • To put the results of its research and development into practice using technology transfer of an internal nature, ensuring the reinvestment of all profits from technology transfer in its core activities.

Complementary activity

Next to the main activity, we perform as well the complementary activity, but this only for the purpose of a more effective use of properties and only in such a manner that the satisfaction of aforementionedgoals is not in jeopardy.

We perform the complementary activity, which supports the transfer of the research results into praxis, and this especially in the following fields:

  • other voice services,
  • leased line service,
  • data transfer service,
  • Internet access service,
  • consultation, advisory and education activity in the field of telecommunications and information technologies,
  • purchase of goods for their further sale and sale.

CESNET is a non-profit organisation. The purpose of CESNET's activities is not to make a profit; any profit is not distributed but is used to further CESNET's objectives.