IT integrates the European Quantum Secure Networks Partnership

Quantum encryption technology will be developed for the ultra-secure transmission of information. The project has funding of 25 million euros and has a duration of 3 and a half years.

Member entities of the consortium 

The Quantum Communications research group of the Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) and the University of Aveiro (UA) integrates the new European project Quantum Secure Networks Partnership (QSNP). The initiative aims to develop a quantum encryption technology for the secure transmission of information in communication networks. The consortium is led by the Research Institute from Barcelona (ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences), and comprises more than 40 partners across Europe.  

Within three and a half years and with a budget of 25 million euros, experts in quantum technologies (academics, RTOs, SMEs, spin-offs, network and cryptography providers, and telecommunication operators) will be responsible for the implementation of safe quantum technologies for communication networks. 

The main objective of the QSNP project is to develop and deliver efficient quantum technology to government structures.  These technologies, which include a new generation of protocols based on Quantum Key Distribution cryptography, should guarantee the quantum security of communication networks in the face of growing computing power and new algorithms, including quantum computers. 

“We are very committed and motivated to join this consortium and thus be able to contribute to making the European space safer in terms of communications”, says Professor Armando Nolasco Pinto, coordinator of the Quantum Communications group of the Instituto de Telecomunicações. 

In this consortium, the Instituto de Telecomunicações is represented by the Quantum Communications group, contributing with a research team led by Professor Armando Nolasco Pinto, which also includes the researchers Nelson Muga and Nuno Silva, and the Ph.D. students Sara Mantey and Margarida Almeida. 

In this consortium, the Instituto de Telecomunicações is represented by the Quantum Communications group, contributing with a research team led by Professor Armando Nolasco Pinto, which also includes the researchers Nelson Muga and Nuno Silva, and the Ph.D. students Sara Mantey and Margarida Almeida.