The project QUID (Quantum Italy Deployment) proposes to start the deployment of the Quantum Communication Infrastructure (QCI) in Italy. QUID deploy systems and networks on the national territory to test quantum communication technologies, and in particular for the quantum distribution of cryptographic keys, with attention to integrating them with existing telecommunications fiber optics networks.
In the world-wide unique fiber-optic infrastructure for space-division multiplexed transmission of the University of L’Aquila, recently connected to the Italian…