Belden, a leading global provider of complete connection solutions, collaborated with Chicago Quantum Exchange to Escalate Innovation in Quantum-Safe Networking Solutions.
The major step will position Belden to pioneer quantum-safe networking solutions that defend critical infrastructure from quantum-era threats, grounded in its 120-year legacy of reliability and connectivity leadership.
Some of the top dignitories visited the laboratory of David Awschalom at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, including, Gaurav Dhamija (center), Senior Director of Technology and Strategy at Belden, and Tim Waters (second from right), Architecture and Technology at Belden, Leading the tour were (from left) graduate student José A. Méndez Méndez, postdoctoral scholar Cyrus Zeledon, and graduate student Swathi Chandrika.
Industrial experts predict that "Q-Day", when quantum computers can break certain encryption modalities could arrive as early as 2029. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) finalized post-quantum cryptography standards in 2024 and recommends adoption by 2030.
This creates an urgent need for quantum-ready networking infrastructure, and Belden is positioning itself to lead the industry's transition to quantum-secure communications.
With this collaboration, Belden is charting a path toward quantum-secure infrastructure, piloting next-generation security innovations, rethinking product resilience and leading the transition to quantum-resistant networking.
Belden’s connectivity technologies will support the backbone of modern life, protecting power grids, railways, healthcare facilities and broadband infrastructure.
Executive Statement
According to Hiran Bhadra, Sr. Vice President, Strategy & Technology, just as Belden has long focused on reliability in secure communications, they now have the opportunity to explore what that entails in the quantum era. This partnership with CQE demonstrates their interest in emerging technologies, particularly the ones that have the potential to impact critical infrastructure, data and communications.