India, May 9 -- STL, in collaboration with the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), India's telecom R&D centre under the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, has successfully demonstrated India's first Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) transmission over a 100 km, four-core Multi-Core Fibre (MCF) network. This marks a notable development in the efforts to build quantum-secure, future-oriented communication infrastructure in the country.

STL has designed, developed, and deployed a Multi-Core Fibre cable as part of an end-to-end solution for both aerial and underground networks. This includes cabling, connectivity, installation, and deployment. The MCF technology was implemented within the DoT-sponsored ...