QCINed
Deployment of the first national quantum networks in the Netherlands
EuroQCI is a European project of the Digital Europe Program (DEP) funding national projects for EU secure Quantum Communication Infrastructure.
The national Dutch program is called QCINed and started in 2023 with a volume of almost 10 Mio Eur co-funded by the EU Commission. For 30 months the partners are committed to facilitating and deploying the Dutch Quantum network.
The main objectives are:
To deploy quantum systems and networks in the Netherlands for testing quantum communication technologies and for integrating them with existing communication networks.
To use these quantum systems and networks for developing and testing use cases in support of the Dutch national QCI initiative in the context of the EuroQCI initiative.
To contribute to European technological autonomy by using pilot devices, technologies, and systems developed and manufactured in the EU.
To train technical and research staff as well as national users from public authorities
The goal is to deploy three different advanced experimental QKD networks in 3 areas
Utrecht area
Development of a QKD network in the Utrecht area, aimed at an automated QKD as a service to be provisioned - using the operational classic domain and introducing a new quantum domain, which will be the fundament for a future rollout of a national Quantum Network.
Amsterdam – The Hague area
The realization of a Governmental QKD testbed. Connecting multiple dutch Ministries to exchange governmental data in the Amsterdam – the Hague region.
Eindhoven area
Set up of a pre-staging testbed network in which technologies relevant to the deployment of EuroQCI will be tested and validated in the Eindhoven region. With the goal to deploy an QKD & Industry agnostic testbed.
How Quantum Key Distribution improves security: call for co-creation
Secure communication is crucial for the research and education sector, where sensitive data and intellectual property are often at stake. The development of quantum computing poses a significant risk to current encryption methods: quantum computers have the potential to break widely used algorithms, rendering traditional security measures inadequate within the next decade. SURF invites its members to explore solutions through co-creation.
Q*Bird and SURF Launch Quantum Network in Utrecht to Boost Security
Q*Bird is excited to share their recent achievement in securing quantum communications. Q*Bird, in collaboration with SURF and Quantum Delta NL, has successfully installed a multi-user, multipoint-to-multipoint Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) network in the Utrecht region. This achievement sets a new benchmark for secure communications, addressing the critical need for advanced data protection in the research and education sector
Team
Partners
-1692970583.png&w=256&q=75){kind=small}
