BT opens up key testing platform to startups as it pursues quantum collaboration

Joe Purnell2025-07-11T13:24:00

Source: BT

Sheffield-based quantum encryption hardware specialist Sitehop tests and integrates its solution on the Gemini facility at Adastral Park.

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Themes: Collaborative research; Commercialisation; Crypto; Digital transformation; Encryption hardware; Innovate UK; Low-power technology; Network replica; Networks for quantum; Plug and play; Private sector adoption; Quantum collaboration; Quantum encryption; Quantum Link Assurance System (QLAS); Quantum readiness; Quantum-safe tunnels; SAFE certification; Security standards; Testing platform; Ultra-secure networks.
People: Andrew Lord; Gabriela Styf Sjöman; Howard Watson; Melissa Chambers.
Geographic: Adastral Park; Brazil; Exeter; India; London; Sheffield; Suffolk; UK; USA.
Organisations: ADVA; Aegiq; Amadeus Capital Partners; Arqit Quantum; BT; Ernst & Young (EY); Fortinet; HSBC; ID Quantique; Manta Ray; Mercia Ventures; Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund; Sitehop; Toshiba; UKQuantum; UK Research and Innovation.

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