Telecommunications leader AT&T has entered into an agreement to significantly expand its deployment of D-Wave Quantum Inc.’s quantum computing technologies across its global network operations, accelerating high-intensity compute tasks and operational efficiencies. Building upon early implementation efforts where D-Wave’s quantum annealing technology dramatically slashed network optimization processing times from approximately one hour to under 15 seconds AT&T will layer these advanced compute capabilities directly into its agentic AI systems to power critical operational workflows like outage detection, traffic management, technician routing, and long-term network build planning. Highlighting the game-changing efficiency gains realized across backend operations, Lucus Haugen, director, Data Science for AT&T’s Chief Data Office, stated:
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“D-Wave’s annealing quantum computing technology gives us a new way to approach optimization and high-intensity compute challenges across AT&T’s network operations. The speed we’re seeing with D-Wave challenges what’s currently possible.” Emphasizing the broader commercial momentum of production-stage quantum deployments, Alan Baratz, CEO of D-Wave, added: “AT&T’s work with D-Wave is a powerful example of how leading enterprises are beginning to turn to quantum computing for solving real business problems.” By scaling its quantum integration while simultaneously evaluating D-Wave’s forthcoming gate-model systems for future quantum security applications, AT&T reinforces its broader enterprise innovation strategy of pairing quantum performance with AI and software-defined infrastructure to modernize how modern network fabrics are built, maintained, and optimized.