IP Telecom recruits Nokia to expand Portuguese fibre network

IP Telecom has enlisted kit vendor Nokia to extend its fibre optic network around metro areas in Portugal, with a key emphasis on quantum security.
Nokia will supply IP Telecom with networking equipment to build an encrypted optical data centre interconnect (DCI) solution. The network will use 100Gbps and 200Gbps data rates and will apparently be ready to deliver 400GE services in the future.
Nokia claims there has been a rise in sophisticated data theft and the line encryption is supposed to pr