Qunnect Expands Open-Access Quantum Networks and Workforce Push Around ABQ-Net and GothamQ

Qunnect continued to showcase momentum in quantum networking this week, emphasizing live testbeds and workforce development as core pillars of its strategy. The company highlighted GothamQ in New York and ABQ-Net in New Mexico as open-access quantum networks intended to accelerate experimentation and ecosystem growth.

In New York, Qunnect and Cisco reported an entanglement swapping experiment over 17.6 kilometers of commercial fiber that was described as nearly 10,000 times beyond previous benchmarks on similar platforms. The result, achieved on GothamQ via QTD Systems’ data center at 60 Hudson Street, underscores the firm’s claim that its hardware is field-ready on existing telecom infrastructure.

ABQ-Net, a roughly 25-kilometer corridor between downtown Albuquerque and Sandia National Laboratories, remained a focal point of Qunnect’s outreach. The company portrayed ABQ-Net as an operational, open-access testbed designed to connect national labs, universities, and private industry, backed by the New Mexico Economic Development Department and Roadrunner Venture Studios.

Qunnect linked ABQ-Net’s location near Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories to U.S. national security concerns about China’s reported 10,000 kilometers of quantum networks and higher quantum investment levels. The firm framed the corridor as part of an effort to bolster domestic capabilities and attract defense and government research collaborations in quantum communications.

Workforce development featured prominently, with plans for Central New Mexico Community College and The University of New Mexico to host Carina teaching racks identical to systems in New York and Berlin. Qunnect says this will allow students from two-year programs to Ph.D. tracks to train on live quantum networking hardware, potentially creating a pipeline of engineers familiar with its platform.

Across markets, the company stressed that its multi-city networks could underpin future quantum-secure infrastructure as concerns rise over “harvest now, decrypt later” threats to today’s encryption. For investors, Qunnect’s week of announcements points to a long-term, infrastructure-centric strategy built on open-access testbeds, public–private funding, and early positioning near key research and defense hubs.