quantum encryption

Applications and Research

ADVA leads on quantum-safe communications trials

By Peter Dykes

ADVA has announced that its FSP 3000 and FSP 150 platforms will play a pivotal role in the OPENQKD project. Leveraging its ConnectGuard™ technology, ADVA will provide optical and Ethernet encryptors as well as open line systems for multiple testbed locations. Funded by the European Commission, OPENQKD will create and trial a secure communication network […]

Maria Cuevas, head, mobile core network research, BT, said, "By showcasing an architecture for wholesale services that can be efficiently reconfigured across all network layers through SDN control, we're taking a big step forward.

Applications and Research

ADVA achieves world-first 100G quantum-safe transport over 2,800km

By Peter Dykes

Germany-based virtualised encryption vendor Adva has debuted what it hails as the world’s first 100Gbps quantum-safe optical communication over a long-haul network. The joint demo with some of Europe’s leading national research and education networks (NRENs) highlights how high-speed, secure connectivity with robust protection even against large-scale quantum computer attacks is possible over deployed operational […]

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