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QUARTER at FEINDEF 2025: Spain’s Leading Defence and Security Exhibition
Cipherbit – Grupo Oesía presented sovereign cryptographic technologies at FEINDEF 2025, featuring the QUARTER project. LuxQuanta joined as delegate, engaging with key stakeholders in defence and cybersecurity.
QUARTER at ETSI/IQC Quantum Safe Cryptography Conference 2025
At the ETSI/IQC Conference 2025, QUARTER joined leading voices in quantum-safe communications. LuxQuanta’s Marco Cofano contributed to key discussions on QKD, deployment challenges, and infrastructure readiness
QUARTER Takes the Stage at QCI Days 2025 in Athens
Members of the QUARTER consortium participated in QCI Days 2025 in Athens, the flagship EuroQCI event. LuxQuanta, Quside, AIT, fragmentiX, and Thales highlighted advances in QKD deployment, infrastructure maturity, and European digital sovereignty.
QUARTER at MWC 2025
At MWC 2025, LuxQuanta and Quside showcased their quantum-safe technologies at the Quantum Flagship stand, highlighting QUARTER’s role in advancing secure digital infrastructure.
QUARTER Member at Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) Conference
LuxQuanta & Quside went to San Francisco to strengthen their business and collaborative network, impulsing European efforts in developin a robust QKD ecosystem.
Quside at Photonic Integration Week 2025
At Photonic Integration Week 2025, Quside represented QUARTER in Valencia, connecting with Europe’s photonics ecosystem to drive forward integrated quantum technologies.
PRISM Quantum Week at the University of Malta
PRISM Quantum Week: A major European quantum communication event featuring expert talks, demonstrations, and collaborations driving innovation and security in Europe’s quantum future.
QUARTER at GITEX GLOBAL 2024: Leading Tech Event
Quside and fragmentiX represented QUARTER at GITEX GLOBAL 2024 in Dubai, showcasing European quantum-secure technologies and advancing international collaborations.
Talk at the CRS4 Research Institute Italy
LuxQuanta remarked the role of QUARTER in a short talk at the fifth meeting of the Cagliari Digital Lab Quantum Community.
QUARTER featured in OPTICA Quantum Industry Summit 2025
Representants from the QUARTER consortium presented their companies while remarking the role of QUARTER during the Summit.
Panel Discussion at the European Quantum Technologies Conference 2024
Representatives from QUARTER attended EQTC25 in Lisbon, Portugal, sharing their views on Europe’s Digital Future and QKD.
NocON Name Congress – Cybersecurity Event
QUARTER was presented during a general talk at the NoCON Name Congress, the oldest active hacking and IT security conference in Spain.
QUARTER at Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit 2024
At OCP Global Summit 2024, Quside showcased its QRNG technology as part of QUARTER, demonstrating how quantum entropy underpins secure, scalable infrastructure in the post-quantum era.
QKD Interoperability in Multi-Vendor Demo at ECOC Exhibition
Multi-vendor QKD Demo at ECOC Exhibition. Organised by PETRUS,QUARTER members proved interoperability with four other QKD vendors and three KMS providers.
Disseminating QUARTER to Attract New Talent at ENEF 2024
QUARTER members LuxQuanta and Quside showcased their cutting-edge work at the ENEF24 National Student Event, inspiring the next generation of talent to explore careers in quantum technology and innovation.
Telefónica Presents its work at IEE-QCNC24, Japan
Juan Morales, R&D Engineer at Telefónica, presented “Current Status, Gaps, and Future Directions in Quantum Key Distribution Standards: Implications for Industry,”
Telefónica at the C1b3rWall Security Congress
On Wednesday, June 19, the QUARTER member Telefónica, gave a presentation at the C1b3rWall Congress, a Spanish event focused on the latest advancements and strategies in digital security.
10th ETSI/IQC Quantum Safe Cryptography Event
Representatives from the QUARTER member LuxQuanta attended the 10th ETSI/IQC Quantum Safe Cryptography Conference.
LuxQuanta & Quside at the Mobile World Congress 24
QUARTER members LuxQuanta and Quside attended the Mobile World Congress under the Quantum Flagship initiative and booth.
Quantum Communications Workshop – Portugal QCI
QUARTER members fragmentiX, Quside, and LuxQuanta attended the Quantum Communications Network Workshop in Portugal as part of the PTQCI project. The companies shared the stage in a technical panel discussion.
QUARTER at the EuroQCI Spain Quantum Forum
November 28 to 29, 2023, Bizkaia (Spain) -A unique forum in innovation and quantum technologies is organized by the consortium known as EuroQCISpain.
Live QKD Demo at EQTC, Hannover
From October 16th to 20th, 2023, Quantum Valley Lower Saxony hosted the highly anticipated biannual event, the European Quantum Technologies Conference (EQTC), at the prestigious Hannover Fairground, drawing a distinguished assembly of professionals and experts.
QUARTER presented at the ECOC 2023, Glasgow
Glasgow, 4 October 2023. Representatives from QUARTER and LuxQuanta team attended he European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC).
First Meeting of the Complementary Quantum Communications Plan.
The first kickoff of the complementary Quantum Communications Plan took place at the Polytechnical University of Madrid from September 19th to 21st, 2023. Telefónica and Spanish members of QUARTER presented the consortium and their respective advancements.
First QUARTER General Meeting, hosted in Spain
As part of the EuroQCI intitiative, QUARTER consortium met toegther to discuss the work done so far. Pivotal steps are being done to achieve 2027 deployment goals.
Mini-EuroQCI at the DIGITAL Assembly
On June 15th and 16th, 2023, the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the European Commission hosted the DIGITAL Assembly under the theme of Digital, Open, and Secure Europe.
DIGITAL Europe Programme InfoSession in Madrid, Spain
QUARTER presentd at the National InfoSession in Madrid: A full day dedicated to the DIGITAL Europe Programme
QUARTER at Quside Showcase Day
Quside, an active QUARTER member that offers advanced randomness solutions, held its Quside Showcase Day for partners and customers today, where the QUARTER project was presented.
QUARTER Covered by International Press & Media
Following the official launch and announcement of the EuroQCI’s project QUARTER, both Spanish and European traditional and online media echoed the news in their journals.
Press Release EuroQCI QUARTER Project Launch
The consortium, formed by Telefonica, Thales, Tecnobit (Grupo OESIA), AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Fragmentix, QUSIDE, Chilas and LuxQuanta will work together to ensure a significant leap toward the deployment of a quantum-secure network for Europe.