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Discover how the Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC) is making communications networks in Canada — and around the world — more secure.

Learn about research and development in advanced audio technologies for radio, television and internet, including audio source coding techniques, psychoacoustics and channel coding and modulation techniques.

Learn how the most stable clock at the National Research Council of Canada, the cesium fountain atomic clock, works.

Find out about leading-edge research and development being carried out by Canadian researchers to assess digital audio quality.

Learn about international standards for Digital Radio Broadcasting, in which Canada has played an active role in research, development and regulatory work.

Review landmark developments in advanced communications research and development, including the following technologies: Alouette, Cospas-Sarsat, Hermes, Telidon, Anik, ARPANet, Fibre optic, Canadarm, Radarsat and SCISAT.

Read about Software Defined Radio, an emerging technology that will ensure interoperability among different kinds of radios or other communication devices in crisis situations.

Discover how Canada is addressing the issue of the limited radio frequency spectrum with the development of advanced spectrum monitoring and surveillance technology.

Find out how multimedia satellite communications contributes to the justice system by ensuring that citizens in remote areas get speedy legal attention.