Ooredoo Implements Quantum Key Distribution Link on Qatar's Core Dark Fiber Infrastructure - Quantum Computing Report

Ooredoo Qatar, in a joint national initiative with Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) and the Ministry of Defense, has completed the deployment of Qatar’s first quantum-safe communications link. This infrastructure project establishes a fully operational, end-to-end Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) framework integrated directly into a live telecommunications environment. Developed to address the strategic risk of “harvest now, decrypt later” intercepts—where adversaries collect encrypted data packets today to decrypt them once fault-tolerant quantum computers emerge—the deployment transitions Qatar’s core networking architecture toward information-theoretic security protocols. Technical Architecture & Infrastructure Integration The quantum-safe framework operates across Ooredoo Qatar’s existing dark fiber infrastructure, avoiding [...]

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