MOSCOW, Jan 9 Quantum networks will be massively introduced in Russia in the next three years, first of all, the development of the market will be facilitated by the ability to connect city enterprises to such networks, Yuri Kurochkin, director of the NTI Competence Center for Quantum Communications based on NITU MISIS, told RIA Novosti. Quantum communication lines allow transferring large arrays. data at high speed. Moreover, the transmitted information is reliably encrypted, since it is based on the technology of encoding and transmitting data in quantum states of photons. The laws of physics do not allow measuring the quantum state without changing it, so the quantum communication channel cannot be listened to unnoticed by the addressees. «Quantum networks will be massively implemented in Russia in the next three years,» Kurochkin said. The expert also recalled that according to the roadmap for the development of quantum communications in Russia, it is planned to launch 7 thousand kilometers of quantum networks by 2024. “Intercity highways will be an important part, but market development will be provided primarily by urban quantum networks to which enterprises will be connected. will protect the information infrastructure of many industries from promising threats of hacking «, — said Kurochkin. that such industries may include the financial sector, energy enterprises, consumer market enterprises, and various industries. “Based on the example of the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline (took place in May 2021), we see that the hacker attack stopped the largest US oil pipeline,” the expert recalled. data protection using quantum cryptography. In October 2021, the Center launched the first open-access interuniversity quantum network, which connected the campuses of NUST MISIS and MTUCI.
