NEC Extends Quantum Cryptography Range and Speed

September 22, 2004 | Source: Infoworld.com

NEC Corporation researchers have developed a quantum cryptography system that can generate quantum keys at a speed of 100Kbps and transmit them up to 40 kilometers along commercial fiber optic lines.

This combination of speed and distance is a world record. NEC expects to offer the system commercially in the second half of 2005.