东芝：“量子加密通信”的商业化：英国电信集团，Verizon公司
东芝：“量子密码通信”
我们已经正式宣布，明年我们将在日本，欧洲和美国商业化量子加密通信。
日本的商业化：
我们已经收到日本政府的命令，作为通信网络的安全措施。
这是日本首次商业化。
海外商业化：
另外，在海外商业化中
与英国的“英国电信”
在美国拥有“ Verizon Communications”
我们已经合作了。
中国的发展趋势：
关于量子密码通信，中国制定了一项政策，到2025年将其在全国范围内传播。
国际发展竞争日趋激烈。
东芝以全球该领域最多的专利数量领先于研发。
IT /网络| NHK新闻
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20201019/k10012669971000.html
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.