This paper covers a commercially-ready QKD metro network built in London, complete with customer access tails and an aggregated central metro node, able to support multiple customers. The solution includes a full Key Management System; encrypted classical Ethernet data on the same fibre and a Data Communications Network (DCN) for full remote monitoring at BT’s Network Operations Centre (NOC).
Toshiba and BT Group winners of the UK-Japan Partnership category.
“We are honoured to be recognised alongside BT by the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan for more than 20 years of cooperation and research,” said Shunsuke Okada, Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, Toshiba.
EY becomes first commercial customer to connect quantum secure data transmission between its major London offices.
The network will connect sites in London’s Docklands, the City and the M4 Corridor, and provide data services secured using Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)
The 6km network uses Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) to ensure ultra-secure data transmission between the National Composites Centre (NCC) and the Centre for Modelling and Simulation (CFMS) in Bristol
The two companies are demonstrating cutting edge quantum cryptography.
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