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This article highlights the launch of ABQ‑Net, the United States’ first open‑access, entanglement‑based quantum network testbed, and marks a milestone as four commercial firms sign up to run real‑world defense and security experiments on live metropolitan fiber. By giving startups like Infleqtion, Aliro, Tensora and Bandelier a shared infrastructure for testing quantum‑key distribution, teleportation protocols and hardened communications, the effort accelerates the transition from laboratory demos to deployable quantum‑secure services—a trend echoed by recent DARPA and EU networking initiatives. The collaboration also underscores that scaling such networks will still require advances in hardware reliability and standards before widespread adoption can be realized.
— Mark Eatherly
Summary
Four commercial quantum companies—Infleqtion, Aliro Technologies, Tensora, and Bandelier Technologies—have officially signed on to leverage ABQ-Net, the first open-access, entanglement-based quantum network testbed in the United States. Built by Brooklyn-based quantum networking developer Qunnect in partnership with Roadrunner Venture Studios and supported by the New Mexico Technology and Innovation Office, ABQ-Net gives founders live metropolitan fiber testing [...] The post Four Quantum Firms Join ABQ-Net to Validate Defense and Security Technologies appeared first on Quantum Computing Report .