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QBTS Stock Soars As AT&T Expands D-Wave Quantum Partnership After 240X Speed Boost
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Fusion42 · 27 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
AT&T expanded its partnership with D-Wave Quantum to deploy annealing quantum computing across network operations after achieving a 240x speed improvement in processing time for network optimization workloads. The telecom giant plans to roll out the technology to outage detection, technician routing, network planning and traffic management, whilst evaluating D-Wave's gate-model systems for quantum security and communications.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Quantum Computing, and 4 sources have reported it between 27 Jul 2026 and 28 Jul 2026.
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Quantum computing just solved a real telecom problem at scale - 240x faster processing on network optimization. If you build infrastructure for telecom network operations (routing, outage detection, planning), your customers will start asking whether quantum can replace classical approaches; you need a credible answer by Q4 2026.
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4 sources · first reported 27 Jul 2026 · latest 28 Jul 2026
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