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Communications
Communications will be revolutionised by quantum technologies, including fundamentally secure communications.
Quantum computers will mean more secure and efficient communication systems
A new approach to using Quantum Key Distribution paves the way for secure cryptography
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Resilient communications with dark fibre networks
In 2022, a fibre optic cable was installed underneath the University of Birmingham’s campus, connecting all the way through to the National Physical Laboratory’s head office in Teddington, south-west London.
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Helping nation service providers deploy future-proof, secure communications and data transmissions
There are real threats to current cryptographic techniques caused by major advances in quantum computing
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Independent, stable communications
Our communications infrastructure is embedded across our services, and it is important that we are able to operate securely in GPS-free environments
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Communications
Next generation atomic clocks are a step closer to real world applications
Quantum clocks are shrinking, thanks to new technologies developed at the UK Quantum Technology Hub Sensors and Timing.
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Communications
State-of-the-art telescope paves way for space tech cluster at Heriot-Watt
Heriot-Watt University has taken its first major step towards creating a ‘space cluster’ at its Edinburgh campus.
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Communications
For the first time, researchers successfully demonstrate over euNetworks’ fibre infrastructure that quantum communication is possible between the UK and Ireland
A series of experiments were conducted on euNetworks’ 224km Rockabill subsea network in July, pushing the boundaries of quantum communication and paving the way for the future security of private data