PURPOSE: To provide a communication apparatus which makes it possible to, when one communication means of a plurality of communication means performs a communication, prevent the occurrences of interference with the communication due to communications performed by the other communication means.
CONSTITUTION: A communication apparatus includes a first communication unit having a first communication means for transmitting a first transmission signal and a suspension means for suspending the transmission of the first transmission signal performed by the first communication means; and a second communication unit having a second communication means for performing communication using a communication signal affected by interference due to the first transmission signal and a communication arbitration means for instructing the suspension means to execute the suspension when having detected first information included in information to be transmitted to an external apparatus by the second communication means or information having been received from the external apparatus by the second communication means, and instructing the suspension means to release the suspension when having detected second information included in the information to be transmitted or the information having been received.