The Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), have recently signed a strategic partnership with the UAE Space Agency (UAE SA), announced today at GITEX, to establish a comprehensive quantum communication infrastructure, deploying UAE-built Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) technologies.

LuxQuanta has teamed up with Nokia, LuxQuanta, IDQ, evolutionQ, OFS| Furukawa Solutions and Digital Realty to promote innovation in the telecommunications sector in this proof of concept lead by Lyntia.

Innovate UK’s £1.5 million MARCONI project is set to transform the landscape of quantum key distribution (QKD) by developing and demonstrating high-fidelity, modular, and scalable receiver modules. QKD is a secure communication method that leverages the principles of quantum mechanics to generate and distribute cryptographic keys between two parties, ensuring that any attempt at eavesdropping can be detected.

Honeywell today announced a new Public-Private Partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide Honeywell’s Quantum Key Distribution Satellite (QKDSat), an ultra-secure telecommunications satellite that helps keep the exchange of sensitive information secure and private. The partnership supports Honeywell’s alignment of its portfolio with three powerful megatrends, including the future of aviation.

In a collaborative effort by GRNET, NKUA, Nokia, EvolutionQ and ID Quantique, HellasQCI has recently published a paper highlighting the successful demonstration of a fully-managed, field-deployed, three-node Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) ring network.

LuxQuanta participated in the third multi-vendor live QKD demonstration organized by the PETRUS consortium, this time at the ECOC Exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany. This latest demonstration brought together an expanded group of QKD and Key Management System (KMS) providers, presenting a sophisticated, real-time quantum key distribution network and practical use cases.

In the Sequin project, Fraunhofer IPMS is developing a circuit concept as well as the circuit board design, the HDL development of the security orchestrator with the associated firmware basis and driver development and subsequent integration in the project.

The CDTI (Centre for Technological Development and Innovation) has awarded Sener the phase 2 contract to develop a quantum key demonstrator for LEO orbits, within the scope of PERTE Aerospace. This is the first Spanish quantum key distribution (QKD) mission, and its development is critical for the future of communications security.

BT Group, Equinix and Toshiba today announced they will provide quantum secure connectivity at two prime colocation Equinix data centres located in London’s Canary Wharf and Slough. Customers using the Equinix data centres (which can provide equipment, space and bandwidth to multiple organisations securely co-located in the same data centre) will be able to connect to BT Group and Toshiba’s quantum-secured metro network and trial the transmission of data, protected using Quantum Key Distribution (QKD).

ID Quantique (IDQ) is delighted to have contributed to JPMorgan Chase‘s successful implementation of a high-speed quantum-safe and crypto-agile network (Q-CAN) over 46km of telecom network in Singapore.