Archive: March 31, 2026

As the market leader in NG911, AT&T has upgraded 1,750 emergency call centers nationwide, enhancing safety for more than 88 million people

SAN ANTONIO, March 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that AT&T has been named the 2026 market leader in the Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG911) for the eighth consecutive year. AT&T’s Emergency Services IP Network (AT&T ESInet™) leads the market in advancing industry transformation that enhances public safety by supporting a more diverse set of IP-based communications during emergencies. This recognition highlights AT&T’s consistent leadership in delivering reliable, standards-based NG911 solutions while strengthening public safety communications across the United States.

Frost & Sullivan evaluates companies through a rigorous benchmarking process across two core dimensions: strategy effectiveness and strategy execution. AT&T excelled in both, demonstrating its ability to align strategic initiatives with the evolving needs of emergency communications centers (ECCs) while executing with consistency, scalability, and operational reliability.

Guided by a long-term growth strategy focused on connectivity, innovation, and customer care, AT&T has demonstrated an ability to adapt and lead in a rapidly evolving public safety landscape. The company’s strategic agility and sustained investment in NG911 infrastructure have enabled it to scale effectively across the United States. With ESInet™ deployments now spanning 18 states and covering approximately 88 million people, AT&T continues to set the benchmark for nationwide NG911 adoption. “AT&T’s ESInet™ solutions architecture, coupled with FirstNet™ integration and the ability to demonstrate and showcase proven NG911 deployments, have emerged as key differentiators in a highly competitive environment,” states Brent Iadarola, Practice Area Leader, ICT at Frost & Sullivan.

Innovation is central to AT&T’s approach. Its managed, as-a-service NG911 model reduces complexity for public safety agencies by providing secure, interoperable, and standards-compliant solutions. Moreover, the AT&T ESInet™ is backed by standard service level agreements (SLAs) for availability, call delivery, call quality, and provisioning. Its proven operational track record—including over 1,700 ECCs handling live production—demonstrates the company’s ability to deliver scalable and reliable NG911solutions.

“Our Next Generation 9-1-1 technology helps modernize emergency response for communities and first responders, enabling faster response times, improved location accuracy, and greater reliability,” said Matt Walsh, AVP – FirstNet and NextGen 9-1-1 Products, AT&T. “Receiving this recognition is a testament to the dedication of our teams and the strong collaboration we have with public safety agencies nationwide.”

AT&T’s unwavering commitment to customer experience further strengthens its leadership position. By offering comprehensive support, streamlined deployment models, and a strong focus on reliability, the company enables public safety agencies to transition to NG911 with confidence. Its extensive regulatory experience, vendor stability, and emphasis on interoperability and compliance ensure that customers receive dependable, future-ready solutions. This customer-centric approach has made AT&T ESInet the leading NG911 provider in the United States, with approximately 34% market share and 1,750 PSAPs in live production.

Frost & Sullivan commends AT&T for setting a high standard in competitive strategy, execution, and market responsiveness. The company’s innovation roadmap, integration of advanced technologies, and commitment to public safety are shaping the future of NG911 and delivering measurable impact at scale.

Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents the Market Leadership Recognition to a company that demonstrates outstanding strategy development and implementation, resulting in measurable improvements in market share, customer satisfaction, and competitive positioning. It recognizes forward-thinking organizations that are reshaping their industries through innovation and growth excellence.

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Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices Recognitions honor companies across regional and global markets that exhibit exceptional achievement and consistent excellence in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer experience, and strategic product development. Each recognition is the result of a rigorous analytical process in which Frost & Sullivan industry experts benchmark performance through comprehensive interviews, deep-dive analysis, and extensive secondary research. The goal is to identify true best-in-class organizations that are driving transformative growth and setting new industry standards.
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A fully automated aseptic fill-finish platform delivers greater speed, flexibility, and quality for the manufacturing of clinical supplies and commercial products.

TORONTO, March 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Dalton Pharma Services today announced the successful installation of its RoboFil™ aseptic powder fill-finish system at its Toronto, Canada facility. This fully automated, isolator-based platform expands Dalton’s aseptic powder fill-finish capacity and further strengthens the company’s position as a market leader.

Dalton’s RoboFil™ line is purpose-built for aseptic powder fill-finish programs where dose accuracy, process consistency, and sterility assurance are paramount. By combining robotic handling with isolator technology, the platform helps minimize the needs for operator interventions, a primary contamination risk in aseptic operations, while enabling rapid, efficient changeovers between vial formats. This flexibility supports both development-stage batches through to repeatable GMP production campaigns.

Dr. Jixing Wang, President of Dalton Pharma Services, said:

“RoboFil™ reflects Dalton’s commitment to investing in advanced technologies that enable our clients to execute aseptic powder fill-finish with confidence. This Annex 1–aligned robotic isolator platform expands both our capacity and our operational flexibility, supporting programs from early clinical supply through scalable commercial manufacturing.”

About Dalton Pharma Services: Dalton Pharma Services is a full-service Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) based in Toronto, Canada. With 37 years of proven performance, Dalton’s single-site model integrates API development and cGMP manufacturing, formulation, aseptic fill/finish, and in-house QC/microbiological testing under a unified Quality Management System (QMS). Powered by a globally diverse team representing 40+ nationalities, including 44 MS/PhDs, and supported by 3,000+ successful production campaigns, Dalton partners with biotech and pharmaceutical companies worldwide to accelerate life-enhancing therapies from development through commercial supply.

For more information, visit: Dalton Website

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• IBM and ETH Zurich launch a 10-year initiative to advance foundational algorithmic research.
• The collaboration will focus on developing foundational algorithms for the AI and quantum era.
• IBM will also support the creation of ETH Zurich professorships to lead joint research projects and education in algorithmic innovation.

ZURICH, March 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) and ETH Zurich announced today a 10-year collaboration to advance the next generation of algorithms at the intersection of AI and quantum computing. This initiative represents the latest milestone in the long-standing collaboration between the two institutions, further strengthening a scientific exchange that has helped create the future of information technology.

Algorithms are the hidden architecture of modern technology. They power scientific discovery, economic growth, and technological progress, from classical computing to today’s AI revolution. With quantum computing bringing increasing value to science and industry, entirely new algorithmic foundations — as well as new ways of understanding and representing data — are required. Over the next decade, IBM and ETH Zurich aim to create new classes of algorithms capable of bridging classical computing, machine learning, and quantum systems to address some of the today’s critical challenges in business.

IBM will also support the creation of professorship positions and research projects at ETH Zurich, with the goal of advancing the algorithmic expertise of the next generation workforce. The education and research efforts will focus on new algorithmic paradigms for AI and quantum systems, including hybrid approaches that combine classical, AI-driven, and quantum computation to address challenges in four key areas: optimization and combinatorial problems; differential equations and dynamical systems; linear algebra and Hamiltonian simulations; and complex system modeling. These mathematical foundations are particularly important at the intersection of AI and quantum computing, where new algorithmic approaches could soon help unlock practical value from today’s quantum hardware and redefine how complex problems in science, industry, and society are solved.

Alessandro Curioni, IBM Fellow, VP Algorithms and Applications, IBM Research said: “Algorithms have always been the true drivers of computing revolutions and are at the core of our history at IBM Research. I strongly believe that the future of computing will be written not only in hardware or software, but in the algorithms that connect the two. As AI and quantum computing converge, we are witnessing the dawn of a new algorithmic era — and shaping this future requires both industry and academic scientific depth. IBM and ETH Zurich have a long and distinguished history of working together at the frontiers of science and technology. With this agreement, we are committing to inventing the algorithmic foundations of the future.”

Prof. Dr. Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, said: “ETH Zurich and IBM share a longstanding commitment to excellence in research, and our focus in developing pioneering technologies is anchored in long-term societal benefits. The partnership with IBM reflects our ambition to co-create groundbreaking technology and to empower the next generation of AI and quantum computing experts.” 

IBM has helped define every major era of computing, from foundational algorithmic breakthroughs — including the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) — to pioneering artificial intelligence — with systems like Deep Blue and Watson. Showcasing decades of leadership in algorithm design and implementation, IBM continues to push the boundaries of what computation can achieve.

ETH Zurich stands among the world’s leading scientific institutions, with a legacy that includes 22 Nobel laureates and some of the most influential minds in mathematics, physics, and computer science — from Albert Einstein to Eduard Stiefel. ETH was the birthplace of numerous ideas that form the mathematical and algorithmic backbone of modern science, and ETH-created programming languages, numerical methods, and theoretical frameworks are still in use to this day.

About IBM

IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider, helping clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Thousands of governments and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to effect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and business services deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service.

For more information, visit https://research.ibm.com.

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Media, Policymaker, and Investor Participation Grows as Interest Surges in AI, Robotics, and Marketing & Advertising

ARLINGTON, Va., March 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)^® announces independently audited data for CES^® 2026, the world’s most powerful tech event, revealing growth in attendance to 148,392 participants. The audit reaffirms CES as the place where the global tech community comes to do business and showcases the people and ideas behind the technologies that are improving lives.

“We’re proud of this growth during a challenging year for the trade show industry,” said Gary Shapiro, Executive Chair and CEO, CTA. “These results underscore not only the resilience of in-person events, but the unmatched role CES plays in bringing together innovators, policymakers, and business leaders to define what comes next as emerging technologies are rapidly reshaping industries.”

Unlike any other event, CES enables companies to do business, launch products, announce partnerships, establish thought leadership, and elevate brand visibility in one place with a global audience. Additional attendance numbers include:

• 55,841 (37.6%) international participants from 141 countries, regions and territories using CES as the premier platform for global market entry and dealmaking
• 4100+ exhibitors across 2.6M+ net square feet, including some 1200 startups in Eureka Park, showcasing the technology of today and tomorrow
  • 307 of the 2025 Fortune 500 companies represented 
• 7037 media, content creators, and industry analysts covering innovations from across the show floor
• 2162 investors scouting the next breakthrough in Eureka Park
• 189 global government leaders and policymakers focusing on the intersection of technology and public policy
• 400+ conference sessions with 1400+ speakers sparking industry conversation

The CES 2026 audit examines demographics of who showed up and why. Senior‑level executives accounted for 52% of attendees and there was increased interest in technologies driving the future of business and society, including:

• AI: 39,929 attendees (+22% YoY) explored how AI spans the show floor and CES Foundry
• Robotics: 19,605 attendees (+26% YoY) engaged with automation, humanoids and intelligent systems
• Marketing & Advertising: 13,433 attendees (+10% YoY) created buzz in C Space

“For CMOs and business leaders deciding where to invest their time and resources, credible, independently audited metrics matter,” said Kinsey Fabrizio, President, CTA. “CES is once again the largest audited annual business event and the audit is a powerful signal that the companies at the forefront of innovation are choosing CES to connect, collaborate, and do business.”

CES attendance figures are independently audited by a third party and exceed the auditing standards set by UFI, The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry. Independent audits are essential to building trust, ensuring data accuracy, and promoting transparency for all stakeholders. CTA encourages exhibitors to request third-party audits for the events in which they participate.

The CES 2026 Audit is available here. CES will return to Las Vegas January 6-9, 2027.

About CES^®:
CES is the most powerful tech event in the world – the proving ground for breakthrough technologies and global innovators. This is where the world’s biggest brands do business and meet new partners, and the sharpest innovators hit the stage. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)®, CES features every aspect of the tech sector. CES 2027 takes place Jan. 6-9 in Las Vegas. Learn more at CES.tech and follow CES on social.

About Consumer Technology Association (CTA)^®:
As North America’s largest technology trade association, CTA is the tech sector. Our members are the world’s leading innovators – from startups to global brands – helping support more than 17 million American jobs. CTA owns and produces CES^® – the most powerful tech event in the world. Find us at CTA.tech. Follow us @CTAtech.

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 International business and policy leaders will gather for four days of dialogue, dealmaking and cross-border collaboration

NEW YORK, March 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — World Trade Centers Association® (WTCA®) — an international trade organization connecting more than 300 World Trade Center® (WTC®) locations across nearly 100 countries and territories — and WTC Greater Philadelphia will host the 56th annual WTCA Global Business Forum (GBF) from April 19-22, 2026, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, marking the Forum’s return to the United States for the first time in nearly a decade. The annual WTCA GBF convenes WTCA members and their global networks, bringing together leaders from business, government, academia and international organizations. This year, nearly 300 registrants representing 93 WTC businesses across 46 countries and territories have confirmed their participation.

With the theme “Historic Foundations, Future Collaborations: Cultivating New Business Frontiers,” this year’s Forum will feature diverse programming, including a keynote address from Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, positioning Philadelphia as a gateway for international business; and a discussion featuring NBA Hall of Famer and entrepreneur Julius “Dr. J” Erving, Pennsylvania State Representative Jordan Harris, and WTC Greater Philadelphia President & CEO Thomas Young on how cities build lasting economic power.

Additional sessions include “Global Outlook: Navigating Trade and Investment Trends in 2026,” a panel discussion including Ken Levinson, CEO of the Washington International Trade Association (WITA); and “From Research to Global Markets: How ‘Eds & Meds’ Ecosystems Drive International Growth,” which will explore how universities, healthcare systems and life-science institutions are powering global economic growth. The GBF will also launch the UNIDO-WTCA Blue Economy Global Call 2026, which aims to identify and promote readily deployable and scalable solutions from the private sector contributing to an inclusive, resilient and sustainable development of the Blue Economy. 

The WTCA Real Estate Summit will return to the event agenda for a second year with specialized sessions focused on real estate development topics, including “Global Macro Trends: The State of Global Capital & Space,” a conversation with Juan Gallardo, Executive Vice President, Client Solutions Latin America of Colliers International, on the global forces reshaping real estate investment and development; and “Attracting Global Capital” with David J. Adelman, founder of Darco Capital, an investor workshop to share what makes a real estate project investment-ready in today’s market. Additionally, the program will feature a panel discussion “Scaling the World Trade Center Model through Free Trade Zones,” with Martín Gustavo Ibarra, President of Araújo Ibarra & Asociados S.A and founding member of the World Free Zones Organization (WFZO). This Summit will focus on educating real estate sector attendees and providing practical, actionable insights on navigating global capital flows and real investment opportunities.

“We’re pleased the Global Business Forum is returning to the U.S. this year, especially as the country approaches its 250th anniversary, and in Philadelphia, the Birthplace of America,” said John E. Drew, Chair of the WTCA Board of Directors. “This year’s GBF comes at a pivotal moment. In an increasingly complex global economy, the WTCA network remains a trusted platform where business leaders come together to forge partnerships, learn how to best navigate uncertainty and unlock new opportunities across the globe.”

As the four-day Forum aims to catalyze long-term partnerships, participants will have access to B2B matchmaking through the WTCA B2Match platform, connecting them directly with potential business partners, investors and distributors from around the world. The platform allows attendees to schedule meetings, sessions and local business tours while maximizing networking opportunities for building meaningful, results-driven business relationships.

Philadelphia, built on innovation and global exchange, is the ideal host for this year’s Forum. The sixth-largest U.S. city offers a dynamic business environment with economic strengths in healthcare, higher education, life sciences, manufacturing, technology and finance, as well as a strategic location between New York City and Washington, D.C.

“We’re thrilled to welcome WTCA members from around the world to Philadelphia for the 2026 WTCA GBF,” said Thomas Young, President & CEO of WTC Greater Philadelphia. “Philadelphia is home to world-class universities, leading companies in life sciences, tech and advanced manufacturing all anchored within a vibrant business community and culture — an excellent showcase of some of the best assets in the U.S. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with local industry leaders, explore investment opportunities and experience firsthand why Philadelphia is a hub for trade and international collaboration.”

Last year’s 2025 WTCA GBF in Marseille, France, brought together over 400 attendees from more than 50 countries and territories, including nearly 120 WTC businesses. The Forum featured more than 20 workshops, keynotes, panels, local company tours and over 500 B2B meetings.

Top sponsors of the 2026 WTCA GBF include Fulton Bank; MFR Consultants, Inc.; and White and Williams LLP. For more information about this year’s Forum and the opportunity to register to attend, please visit https://wtca.swoogo.com/2026wtcaglobalbusinessforum. Also, follow along on social media via #WTCAEvents and #WTCAinPhilly.

MEDIA CONTACTS:

World Trade Centers Association (WTCA)
Chanelle Dimalanta
Phone: +1 212 432 2644
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Violet PR
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Email: kate@violetpr.com

About World Trade Centers Association (WTCA)
World Trade Centers Association (WTCA) is a network of more than 300 highly connected, mutually supporting businesses and organizations in nearly 100 countries and territories. As the owner of the “World Trade Center” and “WTC” trademarks, WTCA licenses exclusive rights to these brands for members to use in conjunction with their independently owned, iconic properties, facilities and trade services offerings. Through a robust portfolio of events, programming and resources that it offers its members, the goal of WTCA is to help local economies thrive by encouraging and facilitating trade and investment across the globe, creating an ecosystem built around commerce, community and connection. To learn more, visit www.wtca.org.

About World Trade Center (WTC) Greater Philadelphia
World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia (WTCGP) is one of over 300 World Trade Center businesses in nearly 100 countries/territories around the globe. A non-profit and membership-based organization, WTCGP accelerates global business growth for southeastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey companies by providing customized, one-on-one trade counseling, market research, educational programs, trade mission support, business networking events, and powerful connections to customers and partners worldwide. Since 2002, WTCGP has served as a catalyst for regional economic growth and job creation, helping area companies generate over $2.4B in incremental export sales and supporting over 27,000 jobs. To learn more, visit www.wtcphila.org.

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NYSE issues a pre-market daily advisory direct from the trading floor.

NEW YORK, March 31, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides a daily pre-market update directly from the NYSE Trading Floor. Access today’s NYSE Pre-market update for market insights before trading begins. 

Ashley Mastronardi delivers the pre-market update on March 31st

• Markets are rising Tuesday morning as the average price of gas tops $4 per gallon in the U.S. amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
• Tune in to NYSE Live to hear what Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) told Kristen Scholer at The Hill & Valley Forum about AI’s role in cybersecurity.
• Hershey (NYSE: HSY) Chief Growth and Marketing Officer Stacy Taffet will join NYSE Live to discuss what’s in store for the company’s Investor Day.
• Dimensional Fund Advisors executive Joel Schneider will join Taking Stock after the Closing Bell to celebrate the launch of its new ETF.

Opening Bell
Hershey (NYSE: HSY) marks its 2026 Investor Day

Closing Bell
Dimensional Fund Advisors celebrates the launch of its new ETFs

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