€10M Irish Project to Focus on Quantum Tech’s Potential to Secure Data

…Researchers from universities and institutes around the country will pool their expertise to examine how infrastructure and the transmission of data in Ireland can be secured using quantum technology…

The €10m IrelandQCI project is part of an EU-wide quantum communications infrastructure programme called EuroQCI, and is being funded by the Irish Government and the EU.

…The IrelandQCI team will establish QKD infrastructure along a major network backbone from Dublin to Cork via Waterford using a quantum channel integrated with existing classical fibre systems. The team will also trial 16 quantum security technology advanced use cases with stakeholders across public, industry and academic sectors…

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