LuxQuanta has announced that the QUARTER Consortium — led by the company — has raised over €7 million to develop Quantum Cryptography technologies for use within the EuroQCI initiative. Formed by Telefonica, Thales, Tecnobit, the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Fragmentix, Quside, Chilas and LuxQuanta, the QUARTER Consortium will work together to ensure a significant advancement towards the deployment of a Quantum-Secure Network for Europe.
Under LuxQuanta’s leadership, QUARTER aims to increase the maturity of Quantum Key Distribution and its related technologies while defining a clear industrialisation roadmap to ensure their successful deployment. The consortium will actively participate in standardisation groups to contribute to Quantum Key Distribution’s (QKD) certification framework, paving the way for its integration into telecommunications products and services and supporting its deployment within the EuroQCI initiative.
By 2027, the EuroQCI initiative plans to have deployed a secure Quantum Communication Infrastructure, spanning the entire EU. Proper protection of its network infrastructure is critical for Europe to prevent any type of malicious attack and safeguard its most sensitive data. Within this context, QUARTER will play a crucial role in the development of cutting-edge European technologies for this implementation, ensuring its sovereignty in the vital domains of Quantum Communications and cryptography.
