NTT DOCOMO deploys second D-Wave quantum app in network ops

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D-Wave Technology Drives NTT DOCOMO’s Second Production Quantum Application in Network Operations

August 18, 2026 7:00 AM EDT

New application reduces daily peak volume of location registration signals by 65% while also lowering paging signals

PALO ALTO, Calif. & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ: QBTS), the only dual-platform quantum computing company providing both annealing and gate-model systems, software and services, and NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO), Japans largest mobile operator with more than 93 million subscriptions, today announced that DOCOMO has deployed a second D-Wave-powered quantum computing application in production. The new application reduced location registration signals generated when devices cross tracking area list (TA-List) boundaries by 65.3% at the daily... More