Korea Telecom has announced that it will work with Altair Semiconducter to develop ultra-low power LTE connectivity for Smart Meter, GPS Tracking and Power-save mode.
Altair’s announced its FourGee-1160 Category 1 (CAT-1) chipset will provide for Korea Telecom (KT) ultra-low power LTE connectivity for three IoT use cases on exhibit at the recent KT Internet of Small Things Event in Korea.
“This Korea Telecom/Altair Semiconductor demonstration, is designed to show how mature LTE CAT-1 is, and to illustrate several typical use cases - among the many - that this IoT connectivity technology enables,” said Byungkyun Kim, PhD, VP, Device Business Unit, KT. “We partnered with Altair as they have the only CAT-1 chipset platform that is able to meet our aggressive power and feature requirements. We are looking forward to expanding the strategic collaboration with Altair as this technology commercializes.”
Altair's FourGee-1160 is the first chipset designed and optimized exclusively for LTE CAT-1 operation. It features ultra-low power consumption, support for a variety of typical host/peripheral interfaces, an embedded power management unit and a flexible application layer with hardware based security. The chipset has been adopted by numerous M2M/IoT module and device makers and is expected to ship commercially by the end of this year.
Meanwhile, Florida Atlantic University and SK Telecom, the largest telecommunications company in South Korea, have entered into a research and education agreement to collaborate on the development of secure communications using quantum physics.
The university and the telecom will work together to conduct basic quantum physics research for applications in cryptology, hardware engineering and quantum computing. SK Telecom will work with researchers across FAU including faculty in the Center for Cryptology and Information Security, the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the Department of Mathematical Sciences, and the Department of Physics.
“Cyber-attacks or criminal attacks and security breaches put millions of people across the world at risk for having their sensitive information in the wrong hands,” said Daniel C. Flynn, Ph.D., VP, research at FAU. “We are very pleased to be working with a pioneer in quantum cryptology to develop secure communications solutions for a number of industries such as healthcare, finance and banking as well as government and military institutions.”
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Recent research findings from the Ponemon Institute, show that criminal attacks are now the leading cause of data breach in healthcare. Ninety-one percent of healthcare organizations had one data breach; 39 percent experienced two to five data breaches; 40 percent had more than five data breaches over the past two years. In addition, 59 percent of business associates experienced data breaches; 14 percent experienced two to five data breaches; 15 percent experienced more than five data breaches over the same period.
“Quantum cryptography is being highlighted as the leading technology in the next-generation security system. SK Telecom will work closely with FAU to develop diverse secure communication solutions based on its quantum cryptography technologies,” said Alex Jinsung Choi, CTO, SK Telecom.
With current cryptography systems the secret key is being used repeatedly. With quantum cryptography systems, because the new secret keys are being generated continuously, they can be refreshed in less than one minute, allowing data to be securely transmitted.
“Any attempts to intercept the key will destroy the bubble, making it impossible to intercept. And best of all, the key can be refreshed within a minute,” said Flynn. “Quantum cryptography is going to globally revolutionize how we protect our data.”
Edited by
Kyle Piscioniere
