aiqbench analysis
NTT DOCOMO's production deployment of a second D-Wave annealing system demonstrates practical quantum advantage for solving complex combinatorial problems in mobile network signaling. By optimizing tracking area lists across 333 base stations, the application successfully reduced peak location registration signals by over 65%, validating real-world utility beyond theoretical benchmarks. This expansion marks a significant step toward integrating dual-platform quantum computing into critical telecommunications infrastructure operations.
NTT DOCOMO Deploys Second D-Wave Quantum Application for Network Optimization

Insider Brief Press release – 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”), Japan’s 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 […]
NTT DOCOMO has deployed its second D-Wave-powered quantum computing application in production to optimize mobile network tracking area lists. The application reduced peak location registration signals by 65.3% and paging signals by 7.0% in a representative network optimization problem. The system optimized…
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