Photonic Inc. just moved quantum out of the lab and into the street. Vancouver born, globally wired, the distributed quantum computing company led by CEO Paul Terry pushed quantum teleportation across 30 km of TELUS PureFibre in a live metropolitan network. Not a controlled lab coil. Not a staged demo. Installed commercial fibre carrying real traffic. On February 13, 2026, Photonic Inc. and TELUS announced what they describe as a world first quantum communications breakthrough running over today’s network infrastructure. In serious tech news, distance is not trivia. Distance is proof.
This was not photons taking a scenic route. Photonic Inc. used its Entanglement First architecture, combining silicon based qubits with native telecom band photonic connectivity, to teleport quantum information into a matter based quantum processor at the far end. That distinction changes the conversation. Prior demonstrations over commercial fibre moved photonic qubits that could be measured but not processed. Here, the quantum state was transferred into a processor that can store it and use it. In a sector where incremental gains are celebrated like championships, 30 km over metropolitan fibre shifts posture from experiment to infrastructure.
TELUS was not window dressing. CTO Nazim Benhadid framed the milestone as evidence of the quantum potential embedded in TELUS PureFibre, linking the result to a secure, resilient, and connected future for Canada. Terry Doyle, Managing Partner at TELUS Global Ventures, underscored the strategic signal, pointing to the potential to redefine secure telecommunications infrastructure on a global scale. When a national carrier’s technology leadership and venture arm align publicly on a quantum milestone, it registers as more than a press cycle. It reads like positioning.
Photonic Inc., headquartered in Vancouver with operations in the United States and United Kingdom, is building commercial scale quantum computers and quantum networks targeting materials science, drug discovery, climate change, and security. Its optically linked silicon spin qubits are designed for distributed systems, which means distance is part of the architecture, not an afterthought. For anyone tracking tech news at the intersection of telecom and quantum computing, this demonstration signals that a quantum secure internet does not require ripping out existing fibre. It can run on what is already buried beneath cities.
The transfer of quantum information to a remote processing node over 30 km of installed commercial fibre is a prerequisite for long distance quantum networks and commercial scale quantum computing. That is the operational takeaway. The strategic takeaway is sharper. Quantum does not need to wait for bespoke infrastructure to mature. It can integrate with present day networks. In a crowded stream of tech news, that kind of compatibility is what separates theoretical promise from deployable momentum, and the market will be watching who moves next.
