(FinanceYahoo) Arqit Quantum Inc has announced that it has been selected by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports (“DCMS”) to develop a wideband solution for 5G cellular Open RAN platforms. Arqit will help integrate a novel quantum encryption service for a project in partnership with DCMS, which will enable security by default. As a result, communications links will be secure against any network device against future forms of attack, including from a quantum computer.
Funded as part of the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport and the Future RAN Competition (FRANC), the project, in which Arqit is a partner, aims to democratise radio access networks (RANs) in order to end vendor lock-in and improve flexibility, affordability, and interoperability – all key to the UK Government’s recently-announced plan to see 35 per cent of UK cellular traffic carried over Open RAN architectures by 2030.
The project will see Arqit, working alongside other partners to secure a new wideband solution for 5G cellular Open RAN platforms. Additionally, Arqit will incorporate its QuantumCloud™ platform, which will enable security by design, making the security of 5G unbreakable even by a quantum computer.
Arqit selected by UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport for 5G project to provide security by default
