World’s longest secure telecommunications network launched by China

World’s longest secure telecommunications network launched by China. China has launched a 712-km quantum communication line, on November 20, 2016. This quantum communication line is the world’s longest secure telecommunications network, with ultra-high security which makes it impossible to tap, intercept or crack the information transmitted through them. The new quantum communication line will

connect Hefei, capital of Anhui province, to Shanghai, the China’s financial hub.

iv. It is part of a 2,000-km quantum communication line connecting Beijing and Shanghai which is expected to be completed at the end of this year.

v. The 712-km line has 11 stations and it took three years of construction.

vi. Experts from 18 countries witnessed a secure remote video meeting between Hefei and Shanghai via the quantum line at a recent international conference on quantum technology.

World’s longest secure telecommunications network launched by China