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, according to the NTI press service.
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 apart to exchange data. The development of this technology has become the basis for developing the idea of connecting networks through space using satellites.
Researchers plan to build two ground stations in Moscow and Kislovodsk, where a branch of the P. K. Sternberg State Astronomical Institute is located. These stations will be connected to each other via a 16-unit CubeSat low-orbit satellite equipped with special equipment for distributing quantum keys. Equipment will be installed on the ground stations and 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 involves using the network of other telecom operators without having its own equipment.
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