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).

Work has started on a new Quantum Communications Hub Optical Ground Station (HOGS), a state-of-the-art telescope which is being built on Heriot-Watt University’s Research Park.

In a newly published paper, Quantum Communications Hub researchers from the University of Strathclyde, in collaboration with colleagues from Humboldt University of Berlin in Germany, are proposing a visionary new model using satellites as hosts of quantum memories, with demonstrably improved results.

Toshiba will demonstrate its quantum secure communication platform with Ciena (NYSE:CIEN), a global leader in networking systems, services, and software, at OFC Conference 2024. The quantum secure link will connect the Ciena and Toshiba exhibition booths with the OFCnet by using both QKD trusted node and multiplexing technology that will help to secure the network traffic over existing fiber optic cables.

SpeQtral, a pioneer in quantum communications solutions, and Arquimea, a leading space technology provider, have officially joined forces through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The collaborative efforts encompass the exploration of potential quantum secure solutions compatible with the BeetleSat Constellation, and the exploration of joint business opportunities in Europe and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Notably, the investigation of intercontinental QKD services.

The Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a leading global scientific research center and the applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), today announced the opening of the Abu Dhabi Quantum Optical Ground Station (ADQOGS). The state-of-the-art facility, the first in the Arab world and largest in the MENA region is dedicated to developing secure free-space optical communications.