February 12, 2024

Quantum Technologies & Quantum Computing in the UK

The United Kingdom’s quantum technology initiatives have moved from foundational research into a phase of delivery and implementation. The country’s comprehensive approach – supporting research excellence, investing in infrastructure and industry collaboration, and aligning with national goals in security and economy – provides a strong platform for future success. Over the next decade, the UK is expected to deliver tangible quantum innovations: from prototype quantum computers accessible to researchers and industry, to secure quantum communication links safeguarding data, to quantum sensors revealing and navigating the world in fundamentally new ways ...

News - United Kingdom - Quantum Computing, Quantum Tech, Post-Quantum, Quantum Security

Oxford Trap Quantum Error Fidelity

Oxford Achieves 10⁻⁷-Level Qubit Gate Error, Shattering Quantum Fidelity Records

Physicists at the University of Oxford have set a new world record for quantum logic accuracy, achieving single-qubit gate error rates below 10^-7 – meaning fidelities exceeding 99.99999%. The breakthrough, reported in a study published in Physical Review Letters in June 2025 marks the lowest error ever recorded for any ...
Imperial Quantum Internet

Major Leap for Quantum Internet: First Critical Connection

London, April 2024 – In a groundbreaking advancement for the future of global communication, researchers from Imperial College London and their partners at the Universities of Southampton, Stuttgart, and Würzburg have established a core link necessary for the quantum internet, enabling, for the first time, the production, storage, and retrieval ...
UK NCSC Post-Quantum

UK NCS Issues Guidance on Preparing for PQC

The UK National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC) has released a whitepaper titled "Next Steps in Preparing for Post-Quantum Cryptography," which provides comprehensive guidance to help organisations and providers of Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) prepare for the migration to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). This publication is a follow-up to the NCSC’s 2020 report ...

Articles - United Kingdom

Quantum Technology, Quantum Computing, Quantum Security

April 28, 2022

National Initiatives in Quantum Technologies (as of April 2022)

As quantum technologies garner global attention, its economic and national security implications are positioning these set of technologies alongside AI and 5G as pivotal emerging technologies for the future. Governments worldwide are recognizing the strategic importance of quantum technologies, which broadly includes quantum computing, quantum communication and quantum sensing ...

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Companies - United Kingdom

Quantum Computing Hardware

Oxford Ionics
June 18, 2025

Oxford Ionics

Oxford Ionics is a UK-based quantum computing company specializing in trapped-ion technology, distinguished by its use of microwave-based “electronic” quantum gates instead of the laser-based control typical of most ion-trap ...
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May 22, 2025

ORCA Computing

QuEra Computing is a Boston-based quantum computing company pioneering neutral-atom quantum processors. Built on research from Harvard and MIT, QuEra operates the world’s largest publicly accessible quantum computer (the 256-qubit ...
Oxford Quantum Circuits OQC
May 22, 2025

Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC)

Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) is a UK-based quantum computing company founded in 2017 as a spin-out from the University of Oxford. It has emerged as a leading hardware developer focused ...
Aegiq
May 21, 2025

Aegiq

Alice & Bob is a Paris-based quantum computing startup (founded in Feb 2020 by Dr. Théau Peronnin and Dr. Raphaël Lescanne) focused on building a universal, fault-tolerant quantum computer using ...