Vision, collaboration, and commitment go a long way in advancing a community as was evidenced by an announcement made just after noon Wednesday in Chattanooga.

With current and former elected officials and other dignitaries in attendance, EPB, the city’s provider of energy, communications and related services unveiled its latest initiative named the EPB Quantum NetworkSM. It is a partnership with Qubitekk, a company that designs, builds and integrates the hardware and software for quantum networks, to launch America’s first industry-led, commercially available quantum network designed for private companies as well as government and university researchers to run quantum equipment and applications in an established fiber optic environment.

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