Mohamed Abdel-Kareem

Partisia, Squareroot8, and NuSpace have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a quantum-secure communication infrastructure using satellite-based Quantum Random Number Generators (QRNGs). The initiative combines space-based QRNG with advanced cryptographic methods to support encrypted key distribution and correlated randomness for secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC). A key feature of the system is its ability to transmit quantum-safe random keys from orbit to ground parties, facilitating post-quantum encrypted communication channels. The satellite platform not only distributes random keys but also contributes to the preprocessing stage of MPC workflows. Preprocessing involves generating secret shared values and intermediate data before real inputs are known, [...]

The UK government has announced a £121 million (159.5 million USD) investment to accelerate quantum technology development and its transition into applied use. Funding includes £46.1 million ($60.7 million USD) through Innovate UK to support deployment across computing, networking, sensing, and position, navigation and timing (PNT) technologies. An additional £21 million ($27.7 million USD) will enhance capabilities at the National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC), including its testbed programme and quantum software development, while £10.9 million ($14.4 million USD) has been allocated to the National Physical Laboratory’s quantum measurement work to encourage broader industrial adoption. The announcement highlights emerging use cases in [...]

China Telecom and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have formed a strategic partnership to advance research in artificial intelligence and quantum technology. The collaboration includes establishing joint laboratories and implementing co-developed talent development programs. The partnership aligns with national science and technology goals and leverages HKUST’s academic research capabilities alongside China Telecom’s industrial infrastructure The joint initiatives will focus on addressing technical challenges in strategic emerging fields, including AI applications, quantum information science, and smart city development. Emphasis is placed on practical integration of research outputs into industry, contributing to the development of technological infrastructure within the [...]

Secured Quantum Services (SQS), in collaboration with the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC), has announced the launch of the Quantum Testbed & Proving Ground in Colorado Springs. Designed as a controlled environment, the Testbed enables rigorous validation and refinement of quantum technologies. It offers tiered participation for organizations—from startups to government agencies—allowing them to test quantum-secure and zero-trust solutions in real-world conditions. Participants can enter at lower investment levels and scale their solutions over time. The Testbed aims to accelerate practical deployment of quantum communications infrastructure by providing early adopters with a platform to prove use cases under [...]

Kipu Quantum has published a technical overview of Digital-Analog Quantum Computing (DAQC), a hybrid paradigm that integrates the discrete gate operations of digital quantum computing with the continuous quantum dynamics used in analog approaches. DAQC leverages native hardware interactions while reducing the need for deep circuit depth, making it especially relevant for NISQ-era devices. Despite its benefits, DAQC remains underutilized by hardware vendors, who have focused primarily on digital architectures. The company illustrates DAQC’s potential through applications such as fermion-boson simulations and quantum optimization. In superconducting circuits, natural couplings can be exploited to implement the Hubbard-Holstein model with reduced gate requirements. [...]

BTQ Technologies has signed a non-binding term sheet to invest €2 million ($2.2 million USD) in QPerfect, a French deeptech company specializing in neutral atom quantum computing and quantum design automation. The investment, based on a €10 million ($11.3 million USD) pre-money valuation, would give BTQ a 16.67% equity stake, with an option to acquire full ownership within 12 months. The two companies aim to finalize definitive agreements by June 30, 2025. QPerfect’s flagship platform, MIMIQ, serves as the foundation of its Quantum Logical Unit (QLU) framework, offering scalable, high-speed, and accurate quantum algorithm execution. The partnership will combine QPerfect’s expertise [...]

The UK has launched the Integrated Quantum Networks Hub (IQN Hub), a major new initiative to develop secure and scalable quantum networking technologies. Led by Heriot-Watt University and backed by over £42 million ($54.4 million USD) in funding from EPSRC and industry partners, the Hub aims to lay the groundwork for a national quantum internet. It brings together 13 universities, two national labs, and over 40 companies to address core challenges in quantum communication infrastructure, protocols, and standards. The IQN Hub builds on the UK’s strengths in quantum networking, particularly in entanglement distribution and quantum key distribution (QKD), and will target [...]

Researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge have successfully demonstrated the UK’s first long-distance quantum-secured data transmission, including a live quantum-encrypted video call, over a 410-kilometre fibre optic link. The achievement represents a major milestone in the development of a future quantum internet, integrating multiple quantum key distribution (QKD) technologies with existing classical communication infrastructure. The system uses two QKD approaches: encoding keys in single photons and distributing entanglement between nodes. This marks the first time both methods have been simultaneously deployed on a long-range network, enabling ultra-secure data sharing over standard fibre infrastructure without the need for major hardware [...]

Danish photonic quantum hardware company Sparrow Quantum has raised €21.5 million ($24 million USD) in Series A funding to scale production and commercialization of its deterministic single-photon source technology. The round was led by PensionDanmark with participation from EIFO (Export and Investment Fund of Denmark), Novo Holdings, and existing investors including 2xN, LIFTT, and the European Innovation Council. The funding builds on a €4.1 million seed round from 2023 and is intended to help meet growing market demand across Europe. Sparrow Quantum’s core technology, the Sparrow Core chip, was developed out of research by founder Peter Lodahl at the Niels Bohr [...]

Researchers at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) have experimentally demonstrated control over polariton Rabi oscillations through ferroelectricity induced by crystallographic phase transitions in a perovskite semiconductor (MAPbBr₃). The work, published in Advanced Science, shows that quantum particle states can be modified without external fields, offering a new method for controlling quantum information carriers using intrinsic material properties. The team constructed a microcavity incorporating the perovskite material and showed that phase transition–driven changes in crystal structure led to up to 20% modulation in Rabi oscillation frequency and up to 44% variation in oscillator strength. These effects were attributed [...]