First-Year Report, 2002-2003

Introduction

Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC), an agency of Industry Canada, is the leading federal laboratory for research and development (R&D) in advanced telecommunications. It is a mission-focused laboratory that prides itself on excellence in gathering technical intelligence and providing independent advice to help shape public policy. CRC builds partnerships to bridge innovation gaps in Canada's telecommunications sector, and assists small and medium-sized enterprises through technology transfer.

By being a national leader in collaborative R&D on leading-edge telecommunications and information technologies, CRC supports Canada's drive to increase its innovation capacity and to become the world's most connected nation.

CRC's critical mass of researchers and facilities is dedicated to R&D on the technologies that form the basic communications across Canada: radio, satellite, broadcasting and fibre optics. CRC's R&D focus is to understand how these technologies can mesh to create affordable, quality communications networks - ones that serve all Canadians, regardless of where they live in a country characterized by its huge size and widely dispersed population.

To support Industry Canada's priorities for connecting Canadians and increasing their capacity to innovate via broadband technology, CRC established a formal R&D program called the Rural and Remote Broadband Access (RRBA) Program. The Program began in April 2002 and will run until March 2007.

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Rural and Remote Broadband Access Program (RRBA), First-Year Report, 2002-2003
Program Description
Program Governance
Program Activities
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