Scientists at the Center for Quantum Technologies, based at Moscow State University, are creating a satellite quantum communication system. It will provide secure communication even in the most remote corners of Russia, the NTI press service said.
We now have a proven technology in the field of quantum communications based on fiber-optic and atmospheric channels. These are university and inter-university quantum networks that protect subscribers from data leakage.
Quantum backbone networks allow users who are far away from each other to exchange data. The development of this technology became the basis for the development of the idea of combining networks through space using satellites.
Researchers plan to build two ground stations in Moscow and Kislovodsk; the latter houses a branch of the P. K. Sternberg State Astronomical Institute. These points will be connected to each other via a low-orbit CubeSat satellite with 16 units, equipped with special equipment for distributing quantum keys. Equipment will be installed at the ground stations and on the satellite to ensure their mutual orientation.
The project is scheduled to launch in 2029. Currently, contractors are being sought and individual technical specifications are being developed.
Earlier www1.ru wrote that Promsvyazbank and a subsidiary of Rosatom announced the launch of a virtual mobile operator called "My Operator". It is expected to start operating in the first quarter of 2025 in Moscow, St. Petersburg, as well as in the Moscow, Leningrad, Nizhny Novgorod and Chelyabinsk regions.
"My Operator" will operate according to the Light MVNO model, which implies the use of other telecom operators' networks without having its own equipment.
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