IonQ (IONQ) announced that it has reached a definitive agreement with each of SK Telecom and ID Quantique, a global leader in quantum safe networking and sensing headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland with offices in Seoul (South Korea), Vienna (Austria), and Boston (USA), to acquire a controlling stake in IDQ. Alongside the transaction, IonQ expects to enter into a strategic partnership focused on quantum with SK Telecom, the largest wireless telecommunications operator in South Korea. The transaction consideration will be paid in IonQ common stock. As part of the transaction, once closed, IonQ will bring IDQ’s team, pioneering products, and growing book of quantum networking business into its global quantum ecosystem. In addition, IDQ’s patent portfolio of nearly 300 patents and patent applications will bring the total count of granted and pending patents that IonQ owns or controls to nearly 900.
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