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Deutsche Telekom Achieves Quantum Teleportation Milestone in Berlin

2/20/2026

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Deutsche Telekom's T-Labs and Qunnect demonstrated quantum teleportation over a commercial fiber network in Berlin in January 2026.
The trial covered 30 kilometers and integrated quantum capabilities into existing telecom infrastructure.
Qunnect's entanglement distribution hardware enabled the experiment and achieved an average teleportation fidelity of 90 percent.
This milestone advances the potential for a future quantum internet enabling secure communication and distributed quantum computing.

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Deutsche Telekom's T-Labs and Qunnect demonstrated quantum teleportation over a commercial fiber network in Berlin in January 2026.
The trial covered 30 kilometers and integrated quantum capabilities into existing telecom infrastructure.
Qunnect's entanglement distribution hardware enabled the experiment and achieved an average teleportation fidelity of 90 percent.
This milestone advances the potential for a future quantum internet enabling secure communication and distributed quantum computing.