Aliro Achieves Critical Milestone in Operationalizing Quantum Networks

September 16, 2025 at 08:00 AM EDT

Software Now Supports Over 50 Devices, Including Next-Generation Photon Detectors, Quantum Switches, and Photon Sources, Enabling Scalable Quantum Internet and Secure Communications

Aliro, The Quantum Networking Company®, today at Quantum World Congress announced a groundbreaking milestone, supporting over 50 quantum network devices with its software stack to advance entanglement-based quantum networks. This achievement marks a pivotal step toward scalable quantum internet and ultra-secure communications, positioning Aliro as a leader in the rapidly growing quantum ecosystem.

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Aliro provides the operational software to run quantum networks and validation tools to build them.

Aliro’s vendor-agnostic software, developed over six years, now supports a diverse array of cutting-edge quantum devices for both free-space and fiber connectivity. This flexibility powers scalable, multi-vendor quantum networks, allowing organizations—spanning telecom, utilities, banks, and aerospace —to seamlessly integrate hardware from any interoperable vendors, preventing vendor lock-in and accelerating global adoption. Aliro’s simulation and validation tools further empower customers to design and test quantum networks and next-generation prototypes before deployment, dramatically reducing costs, risks, and network deployment timelines.

"Aliro's support for our multi-channel superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) marks a significant step forward in operationalizing quantum networks. As the 50th device integrated into their platform, this collaboration underscores the growing maturity of quantum technologies and enables more efficient, secure communication through quantum entanglement. At Single Quantum, we're thrilled to partner with Aliro to push the boundaries of photon detection, bringing unprecedented sensitivity and performance to real-world applications in science and industry," said Dr. Sander Dorenbos, CEO & Co-Founder, Single Quantum.

AliroNet®, the company’s flagship product suite, powers applications like Quantum Secure Communications (QSC), quantum computer networking, and satellite connectivity. Its entanglement-based key generation capabilities interoperate with Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) for end-to-end secure networks, leveraging both free-space and fiber connectivity for a range of topologies supporting multivendor environments. AliroNet® Quickstart, a turnkey full-stack network solution, is now live in its first deployment, performing entanglement distribution, error correction, eavesdropper detection, and BBM92 key generation, all managed by Aliro Orchestrator and controlled by AlirOS—bringing together the world’s first carrier-class, multitenant software-defined quantum network stack.

“Aliro is making quantum networks a reality by providing the software backbone for the industry,” said Jim Ricotta, President and CEO of Aliro. “Supporting over 50 devices isn’t just a win for us—it’s proof the quantum networking sector is maturing fast. Our platform enables secure, scalable networks for the future, from quantum internet to advanced cybersecurity, with unmatched interoperability across vendors.”

Key supported devices include:

Photon Sources: Enabling quantum communication over fiber and free-space across multiple wavelength bands.
Photon Detection Modules: Driving quantum measurement capabilities for supporting a variety of quantum network applications.
Quantum Switches & Routers: Unlocking sophisticated network topologies and dynamic routing of quantum signals.
Classical Network Devices: Routers and switches powering today’s communications systems with MACsec, IPsec, TLS, and Layer 1 encryption.

Additional supported devices include Quantum Control Electronics, Key Buffers, Timing & Synchronization Modules, In-Fiber & Free-Space Optics, State Preparation modules, Measurement modules, Next-Generation Quantum Memories, Quantum Repeaters, Graph State Sources, and Bell State Analyzers. Aliro’s platform supports devices from leading hardware developers including Single Quantum, Cisco, Qunnect, AUREA Technology, DiCon Fiberoptics, IonQ, Thorlabs, OZ Optics, Swabian, Keysight, and Quantum Opus ensuring compatibility across the quantum ecosystem. Aliro also supports a wide range of classical networking switches and routers through integrations including ETSI QKD014, SNMP, Cisco SKIP, and NETCONF/YANG, enabling seamless integration of quantum applications with existing network infrastructure.

Call to Action: Hardware vendors are invited to partner with Aliro to test and integrate their devices on the AliroNet platform, accelerating the path to commercial quantum networks. Contact us at partnerships@alirotech.com to collaborate.

About Aliro

Aliro, The Quantum Networking Company®, delivers AliroNet® to power entanglement-based quantum networks for Quantum Secure Communications, quantum computer interconnects, satellite connectivity, and distributed quantum sensing. AliroNet’s vendor-agnostic design supports free-space and fiber connectivity, enabling multivendor quantum networks and preventing vendor lock-in. It serves banks, telecom providers, utilities, enterprises, satellite providers, and researchers building the world’s first quantum networks. Learn more at www.alirotech.com.

About Single Quantum

Founded in 2012 in Delft, the Netherlands, Single Quantum was one of the first companies to develop and commercialize superconducting nanowire single photon detectors. Since then, the Single Quantum Eos superconducting nanowire photon detection system has been chosen by more than 350 academic and industrial labs all over the world. Single Quantum's mission is to make the world’s fastest and most sensitive light sensors limited only by the laws of physics. Find out more about Single Quantum at https://www.singlequantum.com/about-us/.