Telecommunication Newsletter Switzerland
by David Känzig


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Ordinance on Lawful Interception Revised Entry into Force on January 1st, 2012, Twelve Month Transition Period for Internet Access Providers January 3, 2012

No immunity from sanctions for "hard" competition clauses in cooperation agreement for fiber networks September 7, 2011

Continuation of the Mobile Spectrum Tender July 19, 2011

Federal Administrative Court Finds No Sufficient Legal Basis in the Lawful Interception Act and Ordinance for Surveillance of Mobile Internet Traffic July 7, 2011

Federal Administrative Court's Decision Finds Individual Privacy Rights to Have Priority over Google's Inerest in Making Profit May 3, 2011

Federal Administrative Court Holds that a Change to the MEA Approach as Applied by the ComCom Requires a Change of the Telecommunication Act May 2, 2011

Federal Supreme Court Confirms Decision of Federal Administrative Court with Annulled ComCom's Record Fine against Swisscom in the Amount of CHF 333 Million April 29, 2011

Federal Administrative Court Rules Upholds Decision by ComCom which Determined the Interest Rate on Repayments by Swisscom for Excessive Access Charges April 12, 2011

Federal Administrative Court Rules that Customer Relationship is Decisive for Qualification as Telecommunication Service Provider December 20, 2010

ComCom Launches Auction for Award of Mobile Radio Frequencies December 13, 2010

ACQ Law Award 2010 December 2010

Federal Council Finds Room for Improvement of the Regulatory System, but Sees no Immediate Need for a Revision of the Telecommunications Act November 23, 2010

Competition Commission to Appeal the Decision of the Federal Administrative Court, which Quashed the Decision of the Competition Commission Imposing a Fine upon Swisscom in the Amount of CHF 333 Million for Abusive Pricing of Mobile Termination Fees March 24, 2010

Communication Commission orders Swisscom to reduce charges for leased lines by 15 - 30% March 24, 2010

Federal Administrative Court holds that parties not privy to the access proceedings cannot automatically request the retroactive application of lower charges determined by the Communication Commission March 12, 2010

Federal Administrative Court quashes decision of the Competition Commission which imposed a fine upon Swisscom in the amount of CHF 333 million for abusive pricing of mobile termination fees March 10, 2010

Swiss Competition Commission Announces to Review the Planned Merger between Orange and Sunrise December 28, 2009

Orange and Sunrise to Merge: Invitation to the Legislator to Change the Swiss Regulatory Framework November 30, 2009

Swiss Data Protection Officer Files Complaint Against Google's Street View November 13, 2009

OFCOM to Prepare Re-Allocation of Mobile Radio Frequencies November 10, 2009

Swiss Competition Commission Pronounces a Fine against Swisscom of CHF 220 Millions for Price Margin Squeeze in the ADSL Market November 6, 2009

ACQ COUNTRY AWARDS 2009, Switzerland/Thailand
TMT Law Firm 2009
September 2009

Federal Supreme Court not Competent to Hear Appeal by Sunrise Communications AG on Determination of GSM Spectrum License Fee August 18, 2009

"Has regulation failed?" published in IBA Communications Committee Newsletter, July 2008 May 27, 2009

Swisscom Wins Deal from the Swiss Post. Sunrise Files a Complaint with the Competition Commission for Abuse of Market Dominance May 5, 2009

Allocation of Mobile Radio Frequencies: Federal Office of Communication (OFCOM) Has Opened a Public Consultation April 30, 2009

Federal Administrative Court Finds Sufficient Legal Basis for Active Monitoring of Incoming and Outgoing Calls from and to a Specified Number Outside of Switzerland March 23, 2009

ACQ LAW AWARDS 2008, Switzerland
Regulatory Communications Law Firm of the Year
March 2009

A New Attempt Towards a Modern, Flexible and Efficient Telecommunication Act February 20, 2009

Federal Administrative Court Confirms ComCom Decision Against Swisscom to Offer Bit-Stream Access at Regulated Prices February 20, 2009

Secretariat of the Competition Commission Finds Price and Margin Squeeze in Swisscom ADSL Pricing and Petitions the Competition Commission to Issue Sanctions November 14, 2008

ComCom Rules that Non-Discrimination Obligation Supersedes the Supremacy of Contract Negotiations October 21, 2008

Consolidation in the Swiss Market: Sunrise to Acquire Tele2 September 30, 2008

ComCom Reduces the Access Price to the Last Mile as well as Interconnection Fees September 25, 2008

Neither Ex Ante nor Ex Post Regulation: The New Swiss Approach or How to Avoid Touching the Hot Potato September 3, 2008

Functional Separation in Switzerland: Has Regulation Failied July 24, 2008

One Mobile Network for the Alternative Providers? April 17, 2008

- Consortium of Energy Suppliers Formed to Offer Broadband Access to the Public
- Swisscom Lowers Prices for the Twin Copper Pair
- Communication Commission Orders Swisscom to Offer Sub-loop Unbundling
April 8, 2008

Painful Unbundling Experience: Is Ex Ante Regulation or Network Separation the Solution? March 12, 2008

ComCom Lowers Interconnection Charges for the
Years 2004 - 2006 by 15 - 20%
December 17, 2007

Public Utilities Join the Race for Bandwidth: The End of Infrastructure Competition? November 29, 2007

Swisscom Suffers Another Setback: ComCom Orders Swisscom to Offer Bit-Stream Access November 22, 2007

Federal Administrative Court Rejects Swisscom's Appeal Against ComCom Decision November 14, 2007

Sunrise Challenges Swisscom's Bundle Mobile and Naked DSL with Competition Commission September 27, 2007

National Roaming Obligation: Federal Administrative Court Remands Case Back to Communication Commission August 28, 2007

Swisscom Standard Offer on Unbundling May 22, 2007

New Amended Law On Telecommunications Enters Into Force On April 1, 2007 March 19, 2007

Mobile termination charges to fall by 25 to 40% by 2009 February 9, 2007

Federal Supreme Court confirms ComCom Decision against Swisscom to lower Fees for Porting Telephone Numbers February 2, 2007

Swiss Competition Commission Finds Mobile Operators to Have a Dominant Position in the Market for Terminating Calls in Their Own Networks. November 29, 2006

The Swiss Federal Supreme Court rules that a Servitude which permits a Party to transport Electricity over a Power Supply Line running across private Property does not permit the Beneficiary to use the Servitude to also transport Data for Telecommuniction Purposes. November 13, 2006

Competitive Tender for the Universal Service Licence in Telecommunications October 12, 2006

Swiss Federal Council Includes Broadband Access in the Universal Services Obligation And Reduces the Maximum Price for National Telephone Calls in the Fixed Network. Public Tender for Universal Services Obligation is Expected for Autumn 2006. September 19, 2006

Federal Communication Commission Abandons the "Delta X Method" and Decrees the Interconnection Usage Charges Based upon the So-called Plausibility Schedules ("Plausibilitätstabellen") September 4, 2006

Swiss Federal Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by Swisscom against Interim Order of ComCom in Mobile Termination Case August 7, 2006

ComCom Orders Swisscom to Lower their Fees for Porting Telephone Numbers July 7, 2006

Swisscom not Exempt from Sanctions Pursuant to the Swiss Cartel Act Despite Notification June 21, 2006

Privatisation Proposal for Swisscom Finds no Support in the Swiss Parliament June 9, 2006

Federal Supreme Court Remands Interconnection Dispute to ComCom: The Odyssey Continues June 9, 2006

Finding of the Competition Commission that Mobile Operator Have a Monopoly on the Termination on Their Own Network Opens the Door for Interconnection Proceedings April 20, 2006

The Swiss Competition Commission Threatens Swisscom with a Fine in the Amount of CHF 489 Mio. for Abusive Pricing of Termination Costs April 12, 2006

Swiss Council of States Favours Unlimited Bit-Stream Access March 10, 2006

Consultation Procedure Regarding Switzerland's Participation in Swisscom AG March 1, 2006

Swiss Federal Council Proposes Changes to the Universal Services Obligation March 1, 2006

Swiss Federal Supreme Court Rules Upon Appeal that there is no Sufficient Basis in the Swiss Telecommunication Act to Request Swisscom Fixnet AG to Grant Interconnection for Leased Lines and Bit-Stream Access December 22, 2005

Disagreement between Swiss National Council and Swiss Council of States on Unbundling Remains Unresolved December 12, 2005

Swiss Federal Council intends to reduce its stake in Swisscom. December 2, 2005

Invitation to Tender for Three Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) Licenses. Single Sealed Bidding Will Apply. December 2, 2005

The Swiss Communication Commission (ComCom) relaxes the carrier selection requirement for Voice over IP (VoIP) operators. Number Portability Also Applies to VoIP Operators. Identification of Location of Emergency Call Only Required for Principal VoIP Location. December 1, 2005

Swiss Council of States Votes in Favour of Restricting Bit-Stream Access to the Copper Cable of the Incumbent Operator and Access to the Local Switch December 1, 2005

Swisscom Announces a Reduction of the Interconnection Charges by 5% for the Year 2006 October 12, 2005

Disagreement on the unbundling of the local loop between Swiss National Council and Swiss Council of States destroys the hopes for a swift resolution of this key issue in the pending revision of the Swiss Telecommunication Act. October 7, 2005

Commission of Transport and Communication proposes to restrict unbundling to the copper line August 9, 2005

Federal Communication Commission Drastically Reduces the Interconnection Prices Charged by Swisscom during the Years 2000 - 2003 June 14, 2005 

Swiss Council of States in Favour of the Unbundling of the Last Mile June 7, 2005 

Federal Communication Commission ("ComCom") Rules that INA - Billing and Collection Services Are Not Caught By the Swiss Interconnection Regime March 1, 2005

Criminal Liability of Hosting Providers under Revised Draft of Swiss Penal Code January 17, 2005

Swiss Federal Court to Grant Appeal by Swisscom, TDC and MCI WorldCom November 16, 2004

Swisscom Bound to Open the Local Loop to Competitors October 20, 2004

Swisscom Faces a Stiff Breeze in the Unbundling Discussions August 31, 2004

Full Unbundling Recommended By The Committee on Transportation and Telecommunication June 29, 2004

The Swiss Telecommunication Act is currently being revised and slated for discussions in the Swiss parliament in fall 2004. June 16, 2004