Aliro Technologies and zerothird Demonstrate Operational Entanglement-Based Quantum Networking with Cisco 8000 Series Routers
Aliro Technologies and zerothird demonstrated a live entanglement-based quantum key distribution network at Cisco’s Photonics Center in Vimercate, Italy. Aliro Orchestrator manages zerothird’s BBM92 hardware and delivers keys via Cisco SKIP into 8000 Series routers for quantum-safe MACsec. Continuous telemetry of QBER, eavesdropper detection, and polarization drift supports automated remediation with full audit logging. The deployment marks Aliro’s first European quantum network and validates multi-vendor operational quantum-secure networking on commercial hardware.
July 18, 2026