China is set to begin the operation of a quantum communications network in its Jinan city starting from next month; it will be the world's first to use such a network for its government's functions.

The network consists of four quantum metropolitan-area networks (QMAN), including Beijing, Jinan, Hefei and Shanghai, a backbone fiber link exceeding 2,000 km, and two ground-satellite links that ...

What's even more impressive is that China has the technology to extend quantum communications up to 400 kilometers (about 250 miles), as previously demonstrated in a quantum cryptography research ...

Quantum communication network, which boasts ultra-safe connection impenetrable to hackers, is expected to be put into commercial use in a China.

China also plans to achieve Asia-Europe intercontinental quantum key distribution by 2020, and is ready to build a global quantum communication network by the 2030, Pan said at the conference.

By the end of August, China plans to rollout the Jinan Project — the world's first unhackable computer network, which is based on quantum principles. The project uses the city of Jinan as a ...

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For example, a station located in Xinglong has been connected to the metropolitan multi-node quantum network in Beijing using optical fibers. The largest fiber-based quantum communication backbone was ...

China's leading quantum scientist unveiled what the country's objectives are for the next five years. ... Governments around the world are actively investing in quantum communications and networks.

China has begun establishing quantum communications networks in several cities, and is currently building a 1,000-km quantum communications line connecting Beijing and Shanghai.

Experiments with the Micius satellite could propel China to the forefront of hack-proof communications. Professor Hoi Fung Chau of Hong Kong University explains how quantum physics can be used to ...

Security of Internet communications and online financial transactions rests upon the complexity of the underlying cipher algorithms that encrypt secure traffic. But as the possibilities of quantum ...