The Technology Innovation Institute (TII), the applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), have recently signed a strategic partnership with the UAE Space Agency (UAE SA), announced today at GITEX, to establish a comprehensive quantum communication infrastructure, deploying UAE-built Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) technologies.

Today, Maryam Janani-Flores, Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), visited The Bloch Tech Hub, a Tech Hub that serves Illinois. The Biden-Harris Administration, through the EDA, designated The Bloch Tech Hub, a coalition led by Chicago Quantum Exchange, as a Tech Hub in October 2023.

Aliro today announced availability of AliroNet Quickstart which includes quantum network hardware devices combined with comprehensive software for orchestration, control, and data plane operation. AliroNet Quickstart is an entanglement-based quantum network implementation for applications including entanglement-based key distribution, networking of quantum processors, and connectivity for distributed quantum sensors.

Nu Quantum announces today a milestone that for the first time opens the door to modular, distributed quantum computers of different qubit modalities and providers: a proof-of-principle prototype that will enable quantum computers to be connected to a quantum network. This technology, a Qubit-Photon Interface, is the equivalent of today’s Network Interface Cards (NICs), which today connect every single computer in a data centre together, and have enabled the Cloud and AI markets.

Quandela, the European leader in photonic quantum computing, unveils its ambitions with the publication of its 2024-2030 technology roadmap. The company aims to achieve fault-tolerant quantum computing by 2030. To this end, Quandela intends to reach a major first milestone of achieving the first logical (error-free) qubits in 2025, before accelerating the scaling of quantum computing through quantum networking – connecting multiple quantum computers – by 2028.

QuantrolOx is thrilled to announce its collaboration with Anyon Technologies, a hardware-focused startup specializing in the development of state-of-the-art highly scalable modular quantum computing systems based on a comprehensive suite of differentiating proprietary technologies including novel high-performance superconducting quantum processor gate and control architecture, quantum networking protocol, real-time dynamic control electronics, and cryogenics.

Innovate UK’s £1.5 million MARCONI project is set to transform the landscape of quantum key distribution (QKD) by developing and demonstrating high-fidelity, modular, and scalable receiver modules. QKD is a secure communication method that leverages the principles of quantum mechanics to generate and distribute cryptographic keys between two parties, ensuring that any attempt at eavesdropping can be detected.

Nu Quantum, a leading quantum networking company, and the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) are announcing Project IDRA – the first phase of a 4-year project to build a pioneering optically connected, multi-node distributed quantum computing system.

Researchers from Saarland University (UdS) have achieved an important breakthrough in Quantum Communication by demonstrating Quantum Entanglement and Teleportation over a 14 km long fiber link, the “Saarbrücken Quantum Communication Fiber Testbed”.

Advancing the key technology of quantum computing: This is the mission of the Competence Center Quantum Computing Baden-Württemberg (KQCBW). The center is now entering the next phase, in which it will build on the successful cooperation projects to date. The continuation of the research and development work of its partners from science and industry is being prepared within a transfer project. Under the leadership of the Fraunhofer IAF and IAO institutes, the KQCBW is further expanding its leading role in application-oriented quantum computing research in order to unlock the application potential of quantum computers for industry.