Use cases
If distance stopped mattering
A few are real today. Some are being built. The rest are thought experiments.
Uses of teleportation and the entanglement behind it.
Now
Working today
Demonstrated in peer-reviewed experiments.
Ultra-secure keys from space
Using entanglement from a satellite, two stations 1,120 km apart shared a secret key. Nature 2020 (opens source)
NowQuantum links on today's fibre
Teleportation worked over 30 km of fibre also carrying 400 Gbps of ordinary data. Optica 2024 (opens source)
NowLinking quantum processors
Two small quantum computers ran one algorithm through a teleported gate. Nature 2025 (opens source)
NowNext
Being built
Prototypes exist. Roughly 5–15 years from practical use.
Our editorial estimate, not a sourced forecast.
Quantum internet
Networks that share entanglement between cities, using memories and repeaters. Sci. Adv. 2024 (opens source) · Nature 2024 (opens source)
Next · Being builtModular quantum computers
Many small processors joined into one bigger machine. Nature 2025 (opens source)
Next · Being builtSharper sensor networks
Entangled sensors measure together more precisely than alone. Nature 2022 (opens source)
Next · Being builtSynchronised clocks
Entangled atomic clocks were compared more precisely than unentangled ones; a global quantum clock network has been proposed. Nature 2022 (opens source) · Nat. Phys. 2014 (opens source)
Next · Being builtLatest from the labs
New results for real-world links
Microwave teleportation through a warm link
Bavarian Academy of Sciences / TU Munich teleported microwave states between two separate fridges over a warm channel: 72.3% fidelity at 1 K, falling to 59.9% at 4 K.
- Industry data · not peer reviewed
Teleportation on Berlin's commercial fibre
In a January 2026 trial, Deutsche Telekom T-Labs and Qunnect teleported a state locally, then sent the photon over a 30 km loop of live commercial fibre in Berlin, with fidelity of more than 90%.
Quantum dots across Rome rooftops
Sapienza and partners teleported between photons from two different quantum dots: 82% fidelity over fibre between two labs, and 80% over a 270 m free-space link.
Someday
Thought experiments
No known physical route yet.
Space exploration
Dream: cross the solar system without the journey.
Reality check: quantum links to satellites already work; people can't follow. Nature 2017 (opens source)
Someday · SpeculativeMedicine
Dream: medical supplies sent anywhere, without the journey.
Reality check: no known physics teleports matter. Leicester estimate (opens source)
Someday · SpeculativeDisaster relief
Dream: reach people when roads are gone.
Reality check: thought experiment only.
Someday · SpeculativeLogistics
Dream: supply chains without delay.
Reality check: thought experiment only.
Someday · SpeculativeYour idea
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Now demonstrated in peer-reviewed experiments. Next prototypes exist. Speculative Someday: no known physical route yet.
Even real quantum teleportation waits for light-speed signals. Bennett 1993 (opens source)