New Canadian R & D Labs Available to Purchase

The first two buildings of a planned research center of four laboratories designed to house 1000 scientists, technicians, and supporting staff of the Northern Electric Company, Ltd., were opened recently on a site located a few miles west of Ottawa. The firm's Research and Development Laboratories will be devoted primarily to the fields of communications and electronics, with emphasis given to the special needs of Canada's telephone industry. Northern Electric's main fields of interest include telephone and data transmission, microwave radio communication, switching, and audio and video broadcasting.