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Deutsche Telekom and AIT win EU mandate to unify quantum comms backbone

The European Commission awarded coordination mandates for EuroQCI's quantum communication backbone to Deutsche Telekom's PETRUS2 and Austria's AIT HarmoniQCI, tasking them to unify 26 national quantum key distribution networks into one European infrastructure.

Verified Deutsche Telekom press release, 14 July 2026

What it does not test. Does not disclose the funding amount for either coordination action or a delivery date for the unified backbone.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. DT/AIT coordinate already-European national QKD networks; operator stays European either way. European Sovereignty Index

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