Both companies will jointly develop projects to advance secure networks against quantum threats and offer quantum solutions with social and economic impact, capable of transforming industries worldwide. As the first demonstration of this collaboration, Photonic and TELUS achieved an unprecedented technical milestone: a pioneering quantum teleportation, demonstrating that TELUS's existing fiber optic infrastructure can reliably transport quantum information.
Photonic used TELUS's existing PureFibre commercial network to successfully transfer quantum information across 30 km of optical fiber. Thanks to its Entanglement First™ , which combines silicon-based qubits with photonic connectivity in the native telecom band, the company was able to teleport information to a matter-based quantum processor capable of retaining, storing, and utilizing that information.
Unlike previous demonstrations on commercial fiber —which used only measurable but not processable photonic qubits— this advance completed the transfer of quantum information to a remote processing node, a critical capability for the development of long-distance quantum networks and commercial-scale quantum computers.
Paul Terry, CEO of Photonic, emphasized that this achievement demonstrates the value of collaboration among industry leaders to accelerate Canada's leadership in quantum computing and networking. Nazim Benhadid, Chief Technology Officer of TELUS, noted that the results confirm the quantum potential of the PureFibre network and lay the foundation for more secure and resilient telecommunications infrastructure.
Building on the initial agreement signed in 2024, the expanded collaboration includes new projects that combine Photonic's expertise in distributed quantum computing with TELUS's PureFibre telecommunications infrastructure. The goal is to enable products and infrastructure that support commercial quantum solutions, from quantum data centers to encrypted national networks for ultra-secure data transfer.
