Ottawa is the Canadian centre of telecommunications excellence. In the country known as a world leader in telecommunications, Ottawa is the place to be for research, design, development and manufacturing of telecommunications hardware and software related products. Few, if any, other world centers offer the unique combination of engineering, business talent and quality of life that can be found in Ottawa – a Mecca for telecommunications entrepreneurs and visionaries.

Ottawa has emerged as a leading international technology centre boasting world-class strength in telecommunications research, development and manufacturing. The global telecommunications industry has sparked a communications revolution of immense proportion. Several of the major players, along with literally hundreds of other smaller companies playing a role in this revolution, are headquartered in Ottawa.

Nortel, JDS Uniphase, Alcatel, Cisco Systems and Mitel have a major presence in Ottawa and conduct much of their research and development here. Ottawa’s entire technology community is over 1,800 companies strong.