Welcome to the latest edition of the Quantum Era Security Times, brought to you by ID Quantique, the world leader in quantum-safe cryptography solutions.

We begin with the exciting news that leading telecoms provider BT has built the UK’s first practical quantum-secured high-speed fibre network using equipment from ID Quantique.

Next, we are proud to announce a partnership with Quantum Xchange that will bring quantum-safe cryptography as a service to the U.S. market using QKD servers from IDQ and QX’s complementary Trusted Node technology.

We are also happy to announce our participation in the QUARTZ Satellite Cybersecurity Consortium, where we will join other research organisations, universities and industry experts to develop a system based on Quantum Cryptography that will generate encryption keys in space.

Finally, we would like to invite you to join us in Shanghai from 27-31 August for QCrypt 2018; the annual conference on quantum cryptography. There, you’ll also get to meet students and researchers alike who work across all aspects of the field.

Best regards,

Kelly Richdale

BT and partners take quantum leap towards ‘ultra-secure’ future networks

BT has announced that it has built the UK’s first practical quantum-secured high-speed fibre network using the equipment of ID Quantique.

IDQ technology is used to transmit the data encryption key using a stream of photons across the network, which runs between Cambridge and the BT Labs in Adastral Park, Ipswitch. In parallel, the encrypted data flows through the same fibre, powered by equipment from ADVA optical networks. The collaborative project is led by the Quantum Communications Hub, part of the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme.

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ID Quantique is proud to announce partnership with Quantum Xchange

We are pleased to announce our partnership with Quantum Xchange (QX) to bring quantum-safe cryptography as a service into the U.S. market.

Quantum Xchange’s Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) service, based on QKD servers from IDQ and QX’s complementary Trusted Node technology, will offer the best data protection for the long term based on the laws of quantum physics.

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ID Quantique Announces its Participation in QUARTZ Satellite Cybersecurity Consortium

We are happy to join the Satellite Cybersecurity Consortium, led by SES, with the goal to develop a Quantum Cryptography Telecommunication System (QUARTZ).

The consortium will develop a system based on Quantum Cryptography that will generate encryption keys in space and securely transmit those keys to users on earth via laser. ID Quantique’s keys will be generated by a space validated QRNG. IDQ is one of ten project partners comprising research organisations, universities and leading industry representatives.

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QCrypt, Shanghai, China, 27-31 August 2018

The annual conference on quantum cryptography (QCrypt) comes to Shanghai, China, for its 2018 gathering. It will bring together students and researchers working across all aspects of the field.

In the last few years, significant progress has been made in the theoretical understanding of quantum cryptography and its technological feasibility has been demonstrated experimentally. We would like to invite you to join us at the upcoming conference.

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