OptQC and NTT Strengthen Collaboration on Large-Scale Optical Quantum Computing
THE SO WHAT
Optical quantum at NTT scale is a reminder that serious telco and infra players are quietly building post-classical compute options. For teams in encryption, routing, or ultra-low-latency trading, it's time to at least log quantum as a 5–10 year architectural risk, not science fiction.
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