東芝 ：量子暗号通信 を事業化へ：BT Group､Verizon Inc（動画）：
Toshiba: Commercialization of quantum cryptography: BT Group,Verizon Inc:
东芝：“量子加密通信”的商业化：英国电信集团，Verizon公司
東芝 ：「量子暗号通信」
量子暗号通信を来年度、日本や欧米で事業化することを正式に明らかにしました。
日本での事業化：
既に、日本政府から通信ネットワークのセキュリティー対策として、受注しています。
国内での事業化は、これが初めてとなります。
海外での事業化：
また、海外での事業化では、
イギリスの「ブリティッシュテレコム」と
アメリカの「ベライゾン・コミュニケーションズ」と提携しました。
中国の開発動向：
量子暗号通信をめぐっては、中国が2025年までに全土に広げる方針を、掲げました。
国際間の開発競争が、激しくなっています。
東芝は、この分野で保有する特許の数が世界1位と研究開発をリード。
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Toshiba : News Release (19 Oct, 2020):
Toshiba launches Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) System Business
TOKYO―Toshiba Corporation
today announced it will start providing quantum key distribution (QKD) platforms and commence deployment of a system integration business in the fourth quarter of FY2020.
In Japan, Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation (hereinafter “TDSL”)
has been awarded the contract from the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) to deploy and manage the QKD systems
that will be installed at multiple locations on their network.
Toshiba
plans to deliver the system in the fourth quarter of FY2020 and the deployment will start to roll out from April 2021.
Outside of Japan,
Toshiba Europe Ltd.,
in collaboration with BT Group plc.,
has enabled the UK’s first industrial deployment of a quantum-secure network between two industry-leading organizations and began joint verification from September 16, 2020.
In the US, Toshiba
has participated in the recent QKD demonstration by Verizon Communications Inc. in alliance with Quantum Xchange.,
announced by Verizon on September 3. From FY2021, the company will collaborate with regional business partners
not only in the UK and the US, but also in Europe and Asia, to promote the QKD system integration businesses worldwide.
In order to promote the businesses,
the company
introduces two types of quantum key distribution platforms.
First
is its innovative multiplexing platform that allows the data and the quantum keys to be transmitted on the same fiber, eliminating the need for costly dedicated infrastructure for key distribution.
The other
is the platform for long-distance applications that maximizes speed and distance of key delivery.
These technologies
will be exhibited at CEATEC 2020 ONILINE, October 20-23, and at IQT Europe, October 26-30.
The company
has developed a manufacturing base in Cambridge, UK, and will begin providing the platform products to specific users as early as the third quarter of FY 2020.
Toshiba
plans to build a QKD network in Japan and other countries by FY 2025 and launch a QKD service for organizations focusing on financial institutions.