Photonic Inc. and TELUS completed a quantum teleportation demonstration over 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) of installed metropolitan fibre, marking what the companies describe as a world-first transfer of quantum information into a remote matter-based quantum processor running on a live commercial network. The test ran over TELUS’ PureFibre infrastructure and showed that existing telecom networks can carry quantum information without requiring specialized dark fibre or laboratory-only conditions.
Photonic used its Entanglement First™ architecture, which combines optically linked silicon spin qubits with native telecom-band photonic connectivity, to teleport quantum information into a remote processor capable of storing and further processing the qubit state. Previous demonstrations over commercial fibre typically transmitted photonic qubits that could be measured but not retained for computation. In this trial, the quantum state transferred into a matter-based node, a key requirement for distributed quantum computing and long-distance quantum networking.
The companies said the collaboration expands on their 2024 partnership and will focus on advancing quantum-secure networking, quantum data centers, and encrypted infrastructure services. The demonstration provides Photonic with real-world deployment access to TELUS’ nationwide fibre network while positioning TELUS to explore commercial quantum networking applications over its existing broadband footprint.
- Quantum teleportation completed over 30 km (18.6 miles) of installed metropolitan fibre
- Demonstration ran on TELUS’ existing PureFibre commercial network
- Quantum state transferred into a matter-based processor capable of storage and computation
- Based on Photonic’s Entanglement First™ architecture using silicon spin qubits
- Collaboration expands to commercial quantum networking and data center applications
“The successful demonstration of Photonic’s quantum teleportation on TELUS’ PureFibre is groundbreaking,” said Paul Terry, CEO of Photonic Inc.. “This critical milestone shows the value of industry leaders working together to accelerate Canada’s leadership in quantum computing and networking.”
🌐 Analysis: The demonstration places TELUS among a small group of carriers actively testing quantum networking on production fibre infrastructure, alongside initiatives in Europe and the U.S. focused on quantum key distribution and entanglement distribution. Unlike QKD-only trials, this experiment targeted matter-based quantum memory, which aligns with broader industry efforts to build distributed quantum computing systems that interconnect multiple processing nodes over telecom networks.
Photonic Inc. is a Vancouver-based quantum technology company developing distributed, fault-tolerant quantum computing and networking systems built on optically linked silicon spin qubits. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on its Entanglement First™ architecture, which integrates matter-based qubits with telecom-band photonic interconnects to enable long-distance entanglement distribution over standard fibre infrastructure. Photonic positions its platform as compatible with existing data center and telecom environments, targeting scalable quantum processors and metro-to-national quantum networks. The company operates across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom with a multidisciplinary team of physicists, engineers, and semiconductor specialists working to commercialize quantum computing and secure quantum communications technologies.
Photonic’s silicon spin qubit approach differentiates it from superconducting and trapped-ion competitors by leveraging telecom wavelengths compatible with existing fibre infrastructure. If scalable, this architecture could reduce deployment friction for quantum repeaters and metro-scale quantum data centers, accelerating integration with conventional IP and optical transport networks.
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