AT&T is integrating quantum annealing technology into network infrastructure operations under a commercial agreement signed with D-Wave Quantum; pilot tests have reduced processing time from one hour to 15 seconds. The company plans to leverage quantum optimization by incorporating it into autonomous artificial intelligence systems to solve combinatorial optimization problems such as outage detection, technician routing, and network capacity planning.
AT&T Integrating D-Wave Quantum Annealing Technology into Telecommunications Network Operations
Quantum annealing, integrated into AT&T's autonomous artificial intelligence systems, can complete network optimization tasks in seconds that previously took hours.