Photonic and TELUS are jointly pursuing projects advancing quantum-secure networking capabilities and delivering quantum solutions that will provide social and economic value and transform industries worldwide.
As a first demonstration of this collaboration, Photonic and TELUS have achieved a significant technical milestone—a world-first quantum teleportation of its kind—proving that TELUS’ existing fibre optic infrastructure can reliably carry quantum information.
Photonic used TELUS’ PureFibre existing network to successfully transfer quantum information over 30 km of installed commercial fibre. Using their Entanglement First architecture, an approach that combines silicon-based qubits and native telecom band photonic connectivity, Photonic teleported information into a matter‑based quantum processor that can retain, store, and use that information.
Unlike previous demonstrations over commercial fibre, which relied solely on photonic qubits that could be measured but not further processed, this achievement completed the transfer of quantum information to a remote processing node, a critical capability for establishing long-distance quantum networks and commercial-scale quantum computers.
“The successful demonstration of Photonic’s quantum teleportation on TELUS’ PureFibre is groundbreaking,” said Paul Terry, CEO of Photonic. “This critical milestone shows the value of industry leaders working together to accelerate Canada’s leadership in quantum computing and networking. This is just the beginning of real-world impacts we will jointly deliver.“
Nazim Benhadid, CTO at TELUS, said these results demonstrate the quantum-potential of TELUS’ PureFibre network and set the stage for collaboration to deliver technology that contributes to building a secure, resilient, and connected future for Canada.
Building on the 2024 partnership, Photonic and TELUS’ collaboration agreement covers an expanded set of projects at the intersection of Photonic’s expertise in distributed quantum computing and quantum networking technologies and TELUS’ industry experience and PureFibre telecommunications network.
This new agreement paves the way for the delivery of products and infrastructure supporting a range of commercial quantum solutions, from quantum data centres to nationwide encrypted networks for ultra-secure, tamper-evident transfer of information.
“This world-first outcome of the collaboration between Photonic and TELUS reinforces its potential to fundamentally redefine secure telecommunications infrastructure on a global scale,” said Terry Doyle, managing partner at TELUS Global Ventures.
According to Photonic, this demonstration highlights an advantage of its highly connected, modular system design—the ability to leverage established telecommunications infrastructure to achieve commercial scale.
Ongoing access to TELUS’ world-PureFibre network gives Photonic a real-world deployment environment as it delivers scalable distributed quantum computing and networking.
