Cetic.br
Cetic.br is a non-profit UNESCO Category 2 research center under NIC.br that produces authoritative ICT access and use indicators for Brazil through recurring national surveys, serving policymakers, regulators, and international organizations.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2005
- HeadquartersCubatão, Brazil
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Cetic.br does
Cetic.br (Centro Regional de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento da Sociedade da Informação) is a non-profit research center operating as a department of NIC.br (Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto BR) and a UNESCO Category 2 Regional Center since 2012. Headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, and established in 2005, Cetic.br produces nationally representative statistical indicators and evidence-based research on access to and use of information and communication technologies across Brazilian society. Its core product is a portfolio of recurring, methodologically standardized surveys — TIC Domicílios, TIC Empresas, TIC Educação, TIC Saúde, TIC Kids Online Brasil, TIC Provedores, TIC Governo, TIC Cultura, TIC OSFIL, TIC Centros Públicos de Acesso, Painel TIC, and Privacidade e Proteção de Dados Pessoais — which in 2024–2025 collectively interviewed tens of thousands of households, enterprises, schools, healthcare establishments, ISPs, and cultural institutions.
Methodologically, Cetic.br applies frameworks aligned with ITU, UNESCO, OECD, CEPAL, UNICEF's Global Kids Online, and the UN-led Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development; survey operations are outsourced to Ipsos-Ipec for phone and in-person fieldwork. Outputs are disseminated as public goods through the cetic.br portal (and its data.cetic.br visualization tool), publications, books, microdata, and events in Portuguese, English, and Spanish, with no paid tiers. Funding derives indirectly from NIC.br, whose revenues come from .br domain registration fees and IP allocation. Institutional partners include CGI.br, ANPD, MCTI, MEC, INEP, ANS, CONASS, CONASEMS, EBSERH, SBIS, UNESCO, ITU, OECD, CEPAL, UNICEF, CAF, ENAP, and Agência Lupa. Recent 2025–2026 strategic activity has concentrated on expanding AI measurement across surveys, launching AI-in-education sectoral and information-integrity studies, joining the UNESCO Regional AI Observatory for Education and the SPARK-AI Alliance, and co-launching the Portuguese version of the UNESCO–Oxford MOOC on AI in government.
Cetic.br firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Cetic.br
- Legal name
- Centro Regional de Estudos para o Desenvolvimento da Sociedade da Informação
- Website
- https://cetic.br
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2005
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Cetic.br is a non-profit UNESCO Category 2 research center under NIC.br that produces authoritative ICT access and use indicators for Brazil through recurring national surveys, serving policymakers, regulators, and international organizations.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Where Cetic.br is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Cubatão
- HQ country
- Brazil
- HQ region
- Latin America
Offices1 record
Markets served
Cetic.br business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations
Revenue model
- Public Good / Non-Profit Research Funding: Cetic.br is a non-profit research center under NIC.br (Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto BR), a private non-profit civil entity. NIC.br funds its operations primarily through revenue from .br domain registration fees and IP number distribution. Cetic.br's research outputs are provided free of charge as a public good to support evidence-based digital policy making in Brazil and Latin America.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Freemium | Annual | Free Public Access — All research outputs are freely available at no cost |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels6 records
Cetic.br product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Cetic.br produces official ICT indicators and statistics on internet access and use in Brazil through periodic surveys of households, businesses, schools, health establishments, children, civil society organizations, internet service providers, government, culture venues, and public access centers. It also publishes sectoral studies, a sectoral panorama, and offers a public data visualization tool along with training programs for researchers and policymakers.
Product overview
Cetic.br is a research center that operates as a unified portfolio of ICT surveys and publications rather than a single software product. The core offerings consist of multiple recurring research surveys (TIC Domicílios, TIC Empresas, TIC Educação, TIC Saúde, TIC Kids Online Brasil, TIC Organizações Sem Fins Lucrativos, TIC Provedores, TIC Governo, TIC Cultura, TIC Centros Públicos de Acesso, Painel TIC, and Privacidade e Proteção de Dados Pessoais) that produce statistical indicators on Internet access and digital technology usage across Brazilian society. These surveys are complemented by sectoral studies (Estudos Setoriais), a quarterly publication (Panorama Setorial da Internet), a data visualization tool, and capacity building programs. All content is available in Portuguese, English, and Spanish.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- TIC Domicílios Annual survey measuring ICT access and use among households and individuals in Brazil; serves as the principal source of household-level ICT statistics for policymakers, regulators, and researchers.
- TIC Empresas Annual survey on ICT adoption and use by businesses in Brazil; used to benchmark enterprise ICT adoption and digital transformation across industries.
- TIC Educação Annual survey on ICT use in Brazilian schools; provides indicators on connectivity, equipment, and digital skills in basic education.
- TIC Saúde Survey on ICT use in Brazilian health establishments; produces indicators on electronic health records, telemedicine, and digital service provision.
- TIC Kids Online Brazil Survey on internet use, opportunities, and risks experienced by Brazilian children and adolescents aged 9 to 17; part of the international Kids Online network.
- TIC OSFIL Survey on ICT use by civil society organizations in Brazil; provides indicators on digital adoption among NGOs and similar non-profit entities.
- TIC Provedores Survey of internet service providers in Brazil; produces indicators on broadband supply, infrastructure, and service availability.
- TIC Governo Survey on ICT use and e-government services in Brazilian public administration; provides indicators on digital government maturity and online public services.
- TIC Cultura
Quantifiable outcome
- TIC Domicílios 2025 covers 27,177 households and 24,535 individuals, providing Brazil's most comprehensive household ICT access dataset.
- +6 more outcomes
Companies that use Cetic.br
Customer profileNamed customers4 records
Segments9 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Cetic.br technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability5 records
Feature4 records
Cetic.br partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
14 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.
- UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)flagshipIn 2012, Cetic.br became a UNESCO Category 2 Center — the first center of its kind dedicated to the development of information and knowledge societies. The center is linked to UNESCO's Communication and Information (CI) Sector and contributes to the organization's strategic objectives by monitoring the construction of information and knowledge societies. Cetic.br supports Latin American countries and Portuguese-speaking African nations in ICT measurement and evidence-based policy promotion. In 2026, Cetic.br also joined the UNESCO-led Regional AI Observatory for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- NIC.br (Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto BR)coreCetic.br is a department of NIC.br, which is a private non-profit civil entity responsible for operating the .br domain, distributing IP numbers, and registering Autonomous Systems in Brazil. NIC.br implements decisions and projects of CGI.br since 2005. All NIC.br resources come from its activities which are of an eminently private nature. Cetic.br is one of six operational departments within NIC.br alongside Registro.br, CERT.br, Ceptro.br, IX.br, and Ceweb.br.
- CGI.br (Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil)coreCGI.br is responsible for establishing strategic guidelines related to internet use and development in Brazil. Cetic.br produces ICT indicators under CGI.br's organizational mandate. CGI.br coordinates and integrates all internet service initiatives in the country, promoting technical quality, innovation, and dissemination of services. CGI.br operates on principles of multistakeholderism and transparency.
- ANPD (Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados)coreThe National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) provides institutional support for Cetic.br's Privacy and Personal Data Protection research, which investigates LGPD implementation practices across individuals, enterprises, and public organizations in Brazil.
- MCTI (Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação)coreThe Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) provides institutional support for Cetic.br's TIC Centros Públicos de Acesso survey, which maps federal government-supported telecenters that provide free internet access to citizens. MCTI provides the initial registry of telecenters for the research.
- ENAP (Escola Nacional de Administração Pública)coreENAP co-organized the XI PARCOM 2026 National Forum with Cetic.br/NIC.br for the launch of the Portuguese version of the UNESCO-University of Oxford MOOC on AI and Digital Transformation in Government. ENAP and Cetic.br|NIC.br are part of the SPARK-AI Alliance, co-chaired by ENAP and the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government.
- SPARK-AI Alliance (UNESCO-managed international network)flagshipAn international network managed by UNESCO aimed at strengthening capacities and promoting the responsible use of AI in the public sector, established in June 2025. Three Brazilian institutions — ENAP, UEL (State University of Londrina), and Cetic.br|NIC.br — are members. The alliance is co-chaired by ENAP and the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government.
- Ipsos-IpeccoreIpsos-Ipec is the contracted data collection partner conducting telephone and in-person interviews for Cetic.br's surveys. The firm manages respondent outreach, interview administration, and data gathering for multiple TIC surveys including TIC Educação, TIC Governo, and others.
- CAF (Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean)coreCAF is a partner in the Regional AI Observatory for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean, alongside Cetic.br, UNESCO, CEPAL, CENIA (Chile's National AI Center), CEIBAL Foundation, Santillana Foundation, Tecnológico de Monterrey, ProFuturo, and IRCAI (International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence).
- CEPAL (Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe)coreCEPAL co-hosted the launch of the Regional AI Observatory for Education at its Santiago headquarters during the Latin America and Caribbean Forum on Sustainable Development 2026. CEPAL also provides institutional support for TIC Saúde methodology and is a methodological reference for Cetic.br's international comparability framework.
- Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development (UN/ITU-led)coreCetic.br's Painel TIC survey uses internationally defined indicators adopted by the multistakeholder Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development, led by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The primary reference is the ITU's Manual for Measuring ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals.
- OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)coreOECD provides methodological references for Cetic.br's TIC Empresas, TIC Saúde, and TIC Privacidade surveys. Cetic.br's study on age verification practices in digital services in Brazil was developed using the OECD's 2025 technical paper methodology on age assurance practices of online services used by children.
- UNICEF / Global Kids Online NetworkcoreCetic.br's TIC Kids Online Brasil survey is aligned with the methodological framework of the Global Kids Online project, coordinated by UNICEF, and the Kids Online Latin America network. This ensures methodological comparability across countries and adherence to international child online protection standards.
- Agência LupaminorBrazilian fact-checking organization that supported Cetic.br's Painel TIC - Information Integrity 2025 survey by helping validate the真假/verdadeiro information classification exercises presented to respondents during the survey.
Scale indicators4 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Cetic.br competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Eurostat: Eurostat produces the EU's Community Survey on ICT Usage in Households and by Individuals and enterprise ICT surveys, structurally mirroring Cetic.br's TIC Domicílios and TIC Empresas. Cetic.br's methodological references include Eurostat frameworks for cross-country comparability.
- UNCTAD: The UN Conference on Trade and Development publishes the ICT for Development reports and maintains the UNCTADstat ICT indicators database. Cetic.br references UNCTAD's eTrade and digital economy frameworks in its methodological stack, making it a UN-system peer.
- OECD: The OECD produces internationally comparable ICT indicators through its Working Party on Indicators for the Digital Economy and Digital Economy Outlook reports. Cetic.br explicitly uses OECD methodology for TIC Empresas, TIC Saúde, and its privacy/age verification work, making OECD the closest methodological peer.
- ITU (International Telecommunication Union): The ITU is the UN specialized agency for ICTs and the source of the Manual for Measuring ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals, which underpins Cetic.br's TIC Domicílios methodology. ITU's global ICT indicators are the most direct functional analogue to Cetic.br's national-level work.
- CEPAL/ECLAC: The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean co-hosts Cetic.br's Regional AI Observatory for Education and provides methodological references for TIC Saúde. CEPAL's regional ICT data and digital economy reports are the closest Latin American peer activity.
Broad incumbents
- Pew Research Center: Pew Research Center is a major non-profit public opinion and digital trends research organization, comparable to Cetic.br in its non-profit, public-good, methodology-driven dissemination model. Pew's work on internet, AI, and technology adoption parallels Cetic.br's household and youth surveys.
- GSMA Intelligence: GSMA Intelligence produces mobile industry and consumer research globally, including some ICT adoption data that competes with Cetic.br's TIC Provedores. While commercial and mobile-focused, it operates in adjacent ICT measurement and is a benchmark for scaled ICT data products.
Emerging players
- Oxford Internet Institute: The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) at the University of Oxford conducts research on the social implications of the internet, including work on AI, digital governance, and online safety. It is an academic counterpart to Cetic.br and a partner on the AI-in-Government MOOC.
Regional players
- CAF (Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean): CAF is a development bank active across Latin America that co-leads the Regional AI Observatory for Education alongside Cetic.br. While primarily a financial institution, CAF publishes digital economy indices and reports that overlap with Cetic.br's policy evidence work in the region.
Others
- Ipsos: Ipsos (specifically Ipsos-Ipec in Brazil) is Cetic.br's contracted survey fieldwork partner for all major TIC studies. While a commercial research vendor rather than a direct peer, Ipsos is materially connected as the operational engine behind Cetic.br's data pipeline.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Cetic.br social profiles
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Cetic.br leadership team
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Profiles1 record
Cetic.br funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
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Cetic.br M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Cetic.br
What does Cetic.br do?
Cetic.br produces official ICT indicators and statistics on internet access and use in Brazil through periodic surveys of households, businesses, schools, health establishments, children, civil society organizations, internet service providers, government, culture venues, and public access centers. It also publishes sectoral studies, a sectoral panorama, and offers a public data visualization tool along with training programs for researchers and policymakers.
Is Cetic.br a public or private company?
Cetic.br is a private company. It is classified as nonprofit foundation owned and is currently operating.
When was Cetic.br founded?
Cetic.br was founded in 2005. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Cetic.br based?
Cetic.br is headquartered in Cubatão, Brazil, in the Latin America region.
How does Cetic.br make money?
One revenue line is on record: public Good / Non-Profit Research Funding.
Who are Cetic.br's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Eurostat, UNCTAD, OECD, ITU (International Telecommunication Union) and CEPAL/ECLAC. Broad incumbents are Pew Research Center and GSMA Intelligence. Oxford Internet Institute is listed as an emerging player. CAF (Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean) is listed as a regional player. Ipsos is listed as an others.
Does Cetic.br have an API?
No public API is recorded for Cetic.br.